I am 35. I have been using computers since the age of 12. (My first computer was a Sharp MZ80K.) I have been typing on computer keyboards during all that time. I have never taken any typing courses, but I am a fairly fast typist, using 5 or 6 fingers. I have never experienced any […]
When editing an existing Word document, there’s little that’s more irritating than HAVING to fix tables created by other people. I have already had the opportunity to describe this type of activity. For example, why is it that nobody seems to know what the “Repeat row headings” option is for? If you have a TABLE […]
I have a dual-monitor set up with two flat panel displays. (Yeah, I know, lucky me :).) The “Font smoothing” setting in my “General” preference pane in System Preferences is set to “Medium – best for Flat Panel”. Yet on occasion, when I move a Word document window from the main monitor to the secondary […]
Is it me, or is Word X totally unreliable when it comes to using the keyboard in the “Find/Replace” dialog window? Every other time I invoke this window, when I try to use the keyboard while in the window (tab key to go from “Find:” to “Replace:” field, return key to start the searching process, […]
Over the past few months, I have done my best to try and acquire an informed perspective on the (first looming and then very real) war in Iraq by reading articles and essays from a great variety of sources. Invariably, however, the arguments that I have heard from the pro-war camp in the mainstream media […]
Following last week’s item on the apparent change in policy regarding access to the archive of old New York Times columns, I am pleased to report that the archive is now back to its previous state, i.e. fully accessible. This is good news for all those who, like me, have been linking to the New […]