What a strong word - "offended". I wasn't advertising freee watches, or
viagra or porn. It was for a prooduct peoiple are need. So much so that oer
10k people have purchased it from us. So if yu feel a need o chime in -
please - Why would you be offended?
I am sure we can have a lot of opinions here and keep this ridiculous
commentary going but but out of curiosity, were you offended when other
MVP's recommended ToolbarToggle and like products in this forum?
DO a quick search before you answer...
grammatim - 12 May 2008 12:50 GMT
> What a strong word - "offended". I wasn't advertising freee watches, or
> viagra or porn. It was for a prooduct peoiple are need. So much so that oer
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> DO a quick search before you answer...
I haven't seen any Viagra or porn spam here. The watch ads are
generated randomly and appear in any and all newsgroups. But a
targeted advertisement in a noncommercial newsgroup is a deliberate
act of uncivility.
I disagree. If JoAnn's going to report someone, it should be mxk, who keeps
periodically posting about Advanced Word Repair at
http://www.datanumen.com/awr/.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
On May 11, 7:16 pm, va <idonotwants...@forgetit.com> wrote:
> In fact, what about all the other MVP's who have replied recommending our
> software along with Patrick Schmid's Ribbon Customizer .. etc... - thats
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> with
> options because you don't agree with them
I'm not an MVP. I too am offended that you're trying to use this
newsgroup to sell your product.
Tony Jollans - 12 May 2008 11:18 GMT
Hmm...
I'm not sure that reposting a link is the best way to complain about it. And
the fact that there may be a worse offender is hardly a good defence.
Posts which are purely adverts would all seem, to me, to be inappropriate;
unfortunately, they seem to be getting much more common. Although it may be,
in some circumstances, worth saying "somebody else may be able to sell you a
solution", that is vastly different from saying "I can sell you a solution".

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Tony
>I disagree. If JoAnn's going to report someone, it should be mxk, who keeps
>periodically posting about Advanced Word Repair at
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> I'm not an MVP. I too am offended that you're trying to use this
> newsgroup to sell your product.
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 12 May 2008 15:00 GMT
I agree in general, but in this specific instance, when do we stop promoting
these add-ins? When Word 2007 first launched, many users were desperate for
a solution that would restore the look and feel of Word 2003. They were more
than happy to hear about ToolbarToggle, Ribbon Customizer, and other add-ins
that promised this, and we were doing them a favor by telling them about
them. If a user today asks for such a solution and none of us point him in
the right direction*, then I can't get too exercised when the author of one
of the add-ins takes up the slack.
*To my mind the best approach is a reference to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeRibbon.htm, in which Word
MVP Bill Coan reviews both Ribbon Customizer and ToolbarToggle.

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Words into Type
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> Hmm...
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>> I'm not an MVP. I too am offended that you're trying to use this
>> newsgroup to sell your product.