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December 1st, 2009

Spelling Checkers Don’t Work if You Ignore Them

Reminding my brain not to block out the red underlines that indicate potential spelling problems.

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January 29th, 2009

In Defense of Microsoft Word

It does the whole job.

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July 10th, 2008

Why I Downgraded to Word 2004

I said I’d never upgrade to 2008 and I lied. Then I paid for it.

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December 15th, 2007

Removing Words from Word’s Custom Dictionary

It’s a bit involved, but doable.

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January 12th, 2007

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.3 Update Now Available

Information from the Microsoft Office Web Site

This update contains several improvements to enhance security and stability, including fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. In addition, this update includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates.

System

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September 29th, 2006

Solutions for Failing Eyesight

Don’t make the font size larger — zoom it!

Yesterday, I reread a blog entry I wrote earlier this year about my failing eyesight (“The Eyes Had It“). My far vision has always been bad, but now I’m beginning to lose my close vision, too. Miraz, my co-author on the WordPress book, commented that

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September 7th, 2006

My macProVideo for Word Now Available

The video is out and selling briskly.

Last month, I flew to Vancouver to record a training video for macProVideo. I was there a week and I needed all five workdays to get the approximately four hours of video they needed for their newest product, Microsoft Word 101.

macProVideo’s product is interesting. It combines

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October 29th, 2004

Three Ways Word Can Drive You Crazy[er] and What You Can Do About Them

Informit.com Article.

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