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From: dana@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Dan Aksel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Damn WordPerfect and HELP !!!
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Date: 6 Jun 91 13:52:25 GMT
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>You will NEVER learn WP with your attitude.  I watched an otherwise 
>intelligent engineer with a MAC background refuse to learn WP for a full 
>year, just because it didn't have a mouse.  If you just start working on WP
>, it gets easier quickly.

Huh?  WP5.1 works with a mouse.  As a matter of fact I've delevoped a philosphy
over the past couple of years: Screw the function keys, if the thing won't let
me use a mouse then I don't use the program.  Let's see: F1 on WP does X.  F1 on
WORD does Y.  F1 on Lotus does Z.  F1 on WORKVIEW does A.  F1 on dBASE III does
B.  Get the point?  Even if it takes longer, I've become accustomed to learning
the pull down menu approach to seek the commands I want.  I almost always know
the NAME of the command I want, I just can't keep the keys straight.  Looking
with the mouse is much more productive for me.  No I don't own a MAC but I do
know enought about it to do some things (like get myself in trouble).

After a while you learn SOME of the function keys even when using a mouse.  And
why bother to learn EVERYTHING inside out when the product gets upgraded every
couple of years?  The best "weapon" in using any PC application is a positive
attitude and the knowledge of where to go to get additional help.  Generally,
whenever I purchase a new application I READ the ENTIRE manual.  I LEARN things.
Do I retain it? Not all of it.  But I do become familar with where to find
things in the good book when I need them.  Folks, the name of the game isn't to
master every peice of software you own-- use it in a way that is productive for
YOU.  A guy who used to work here used to spend time deciding what the fewest
number of keystrokes would be to perform a function.  While he sat there
pondering all the complex gadgets of the program I'd plod along the "old" way
and most times finish before him...
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Dan Aksel