Microsoft Word 2004: ‘AutoFit to Window’ command does anything but
Friday, April 20th, 2007 • 2:42 pmApparently, Microsoft engineers don’t know the difference between page width and window width.
Articles posted in April, 2007
Can’t stand Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac OS X? Try WordPerfect in Windows XP for a while…
Thursday, April 19th, 2007 • 4:44 pmA simple RTF file is enough to bring an application down…
Word 2004: Repeatable crashes caused by Clipboard functions
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 • 10:35 amA 100% reproducible crash in a non-100% reproducible user environment. Grr.
LATEXT: ‘To The Top’ (MP3, 06:03)
Monday, April 16th, 2007 • 11:07 amIt’s all about the journey…
Word 2004: Very poor, non-standard handling of ‘.doc’ file extensions
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 • 6:21 pmMicrosoft’s approach to file extensions when saving files is not the standard Mac OS X approach, and it breaks down all too easily.
Google Desktop: Cannot uninstall either
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 • 3:53 pmMore warnings about Google Desktop for Mac OS X, if you need any.
iTunes Store and EMI: A good deal for the AAC file format
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 • 9:43 amNot quite the beginning of the end for the MP3 file format, but certainly good news for the unprotected AAC file format.
Imogen Heap, “Hide and Seek” (2005)
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 • 4:42 pmIt’s not just the harmony.
Google Desktop: A pretty lousy Mac OS X application
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 • 3:41 pmInstaller nightmares and generalized user hostility.
iTunes 7.x: Still has occasional problems with redrawing column headings
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 • 11:09 amWeird on-going cosmetic problem with iTunes’ column headings.
Excel 2004: Pasting text in cell fails to switch to ‘editing in cell’ mode
Monday, April 2nd, 2007 • 7:00 pmAnother one in the series “At Microsoft, we don’t like it when you enter your text via cut-and-paste.”