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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / June 2006I need to know the strengths and weakness of MS Word for a paper
I need to know three strenghts and weakness of MS word for a paper in a class I am taking. Than I am suppose to articulate five solid ways in how I can use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction Best way to find out is to use it.. doubtful that you would be able to expand much on a list of 'for and against'..  SignatureMike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User >I need to know three strenghts and weakness of MS word for a paper in a >class > I am taking. Than I am suppose to articulate five solid ways in how I can > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction Thanks. I am taking an educational Tech class and we are to evaluate throughly the software of MS Word. Then we are to idenify and explain at least three strenghts and weakness of the software. Than articulate five soild way in how you might use wordprocessing Ms Word in daily instruction. I have no Idea. > Best way to find out is to use it.. doubtful that you would be able to > expand much on a list of 'for and against'.. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I am taking. Than I am suppose to articulate five solid ways in how I can > > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction The point Mike was trying to make was that you won't learn anything if we tell you the answers to your homework. I doubt that your instructor assigned this task so that you could post it in an MS newsgroup and pop those responses into a paper. I suspect he/she wants you to actually use the program and "evaluate throughly the software of MS Word". SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Thanks. I am taking an educational Tech class and we are to evaluate > throughly the software of MS Word. Then we are to idenify and explain at [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > can >> > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction Agreed entirely. I would just add that Word is hugely complex and an absolute dream (I speak as one who has used manual typewriters); it can do most things. In my opinion the weaknesses are human ones, in particular relying too much on the spell/grammar check (which sometimes makes ludicrous grammatical suggestions) and also the tendency seen often on here to avoid any suggestion of applying compositional skills by asking others for "templates" (ie what to say and how to say it) for every darned thing. > The point Mike was trying to make was that you won't learn anything if we > tell you the answers to your homework. I doubt that your instructor assigned [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> > can > >> > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction I like you! :-) Template requests frustrate me the most because it says "I'm too lazy to start from scratch, modify an existing template, or search for something else and modify that." SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Agreed entirely. I would just add that Word is hugely complex and an > absolute dream (I speak as one who has used manual typewriters); it can [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >> > can >> >> > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction > The point Mike was trying to make was that you won't learn anything if we > tell you the answers to your homework. I doubt that your instructor assigned > this task so that you could post it in an MS newsgroup and pop those > responses into a paper. I suspect he/she wants you to actually use the > program and "evaluate throughly the software of MS Word". I think it's part of the always-plugged-in-generation, what is being called Generation M, for "multi-tasking." Cell phone, text messaging, IM program, web search... all incredibly efficient ways of gathering information. The problem to my mind is that the gathering is being substituted for critical analysis--when you can just ask any question at any time to anybody and receive an answer, IMMEDIATELY, you cease stopping and actually thinking whatever problem through for yourself because it takes too much time. B/ It seems as if today's youth don't want to think. If there's no template to start with or no ready-made list of features, they are lost. What's to become of their children if there's no one left to create new templates or lists? SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] >> The point Mike was trying to make was that you won't learn anything if we >> tell you the answers to your homework. I doubt that your instructor [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > B/ The day I need a template for a grocery list, I'm handing in my mom card. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > It seems as if today's youth don't want to think. If there's no template to > start with or no ready-made list of features, they are lost. What's to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > B/ Woo hoo!!! The day you ask for any template, I'm tossing my computer out of the window. I figure if *you* can't do something without a template, I don't stand an ice cube's chance in hell at being able to do it. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > The day I need a template for a grocery list, I'm handing in my mom card. > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> > >> > B/ Well, I'm not very creative and definitely not a designer, so I find it helpful to find *examples* to copy, but I am not looking for a readymade template, especially given the poor quality of most of the ones I've seen. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Woo hoo!!! > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > >> > > >> > B/ Examples are different. Personally, I like examples and often search for them. Templates are a completely different critter. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Well, I'm not very creative and definitely not a designer, so I find it > helpful to find *examples* to copy, but I am not looking for a readymade [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> >> > >> >> > B/ My point is not that they don't *want* to think, but that they don't think they have to. They're not lazy, though. They just don't understand why they should take the *time* to think. Thinking takes time. Time they could have multi-tasked 7-8-9 different things. There's always someone to ask for the answer. Someone has already thought, why not just access The Stream (borrowing from an Outer Limits episode)? It's not that they want someone else to do their homework for them, this *is* their version of doing their homework. B/ > It seems as if today's youth don't want to think. If there's no template to > start with or no ready-made list of features, they are lost. What's to > become of their children if there's no one left to create new templates or > lists? What really scares me is that your comments make sense.That means I must have missed my meds. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > My point is not that they don't *want* to think, but that they don't think > they have to. They're not lazy, though. They just don't understand why [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> become of their children if there's no one left to create new templates >> or lists? Agreed. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > What really scares me is that your comments make sense.That means I must > have missed my meds. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >> become of their children if there's no one left to create new templates > >> or lists? I'm not quite sure how to take that... B/ > What really scares me is that your comments make sense.That means I must > have missed my meds. Take it with a wink and a grin. ;-) SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > I'm not quite sure how to take that... > > B/ > >> What really scares me is that your comments make sense.That means I must >> have missed my meds. In your case, the spellcheck function in Word would be an invaluable strength. > Thanks. I am taking an educational Tech class and we are to evaluate > throughly the software of MS Word. Then we are to idenify and explain at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>>I am taking. Than I am suppose to articulate five solid ways in how I can >>>use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction Evaluating thoroughly?.. from a list given in here?.. Methinks that you are missing the whole point of the exercise.. SignatureMike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > Thanks. I am taking an educational Tech class and we are to evaluate > throughly the software of MS Word. Then we are to idenify and explain at [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > can >> > use word processing software-MS word in my daily instruction > Evaluating thoroughly?.. from a list given in here? Amen to that! I've been using Word almost every day for the last 8 years to write reports and such. I've even gotten into writing macros. And I am _still_ finding out new strengths and weaknesses. There is _no_ list that will give you what you can get from actually *using* the program! (What about the horrible scenario of you listing Word's captioning and cross-referencing as a strength, and then the instructor sets you down on your final and makes you _do it_?!!? If you're going to cheat, it *will* catch you!) Ed > Evaluating thoroughly?.. from a list given in here?.. Methinks that you > are missing the whole point of the exercise.. 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