Re: Spelling, grammar and getting it right was Re: OFF TOPIC funny

On 3/1/09 7:40 PM, "Trish Brown" <pmcbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ellice wrote:


Haven't you looked into uploading a different dictionary? I don't know
about the PC world of Word, but on the Mac side I can set my Word
preferences to other dictionaries. And I try to remember to check my custom
one regularly to remove words that are misspelled but were accidentally
added.

D'you know where I can get an Oz dictionary for Word? I'm not aware of
one, but would be happy to get hold of it if I could.

Don't get me wrong: Word's my all-time favourite program! It's so
stylish and intuitive and easy to use. I just wish we could get an
Oz-flavoured version, that's all.

I bet there is something out there. Word is definitely not my favorite
program, but it's certainly convenient. I use Quark when I can for setting
things that will be published - but it takes work to use Quark or the Adobe
graphics programs. However, once you learn them - what fun. I really,
really love Illustrator. Ah, well. Word has definitely improved over the
years - I did prefer WordPerfect back when, but now Word is fine for most
things.

Oh, I love Quark too! I started on Ready, Set Go! a zillion years ago
and have always loved the interface (very similar between the two). I
love the way you can 'wire' text boxes together and govern the way the
text 'flows' on your page.

I think Quark is pretty much the publishing industry standard, though some
people use InDesign. It's so much fun playing with layouts - but it's easy
to kind of obsess.

I'm also in love with Illustrator! I've done the odd bit of graphic
design work and the tracing facility of Illustrator is just yumptious!
Don't you just love working with beziers? It's so absorbing and
relaxing: hours pass while you tweak and smooth and the result is
usually spectacularly good!

I do love most of the Illustrator tools. It does let you really refine
designs. I don't know how new your version is, I'd been using 10, and then
went to CS (which is 2 versions ahead) and I was ecstatic. I hadn't
bothered buying the in-between upgrade - not enough of a difference. But
the newer tool collection, especially for making symbols and grids are
awesome.

I use CorelDraw these days, but your post has reminded me of the good
old days on the Mac with those superlative programs at hand! D'you
remember one called 'SuperPaint'? It was a real beaut: had a bit of
everything. You could use the usual paint tools on one layer and
ray-tracing etc on another. You could combine elements from layers at
will and then print it all out in colour... or not. That was 'way back
in the eighties! *Nothing* on the PC came anywhere near it. Sob! If only
a brand new Mac would tumble into my lap! Snif! I so miss them!

I had MacDraw and SuperPaint, When CorelDraw came out, got to test it. The
graphics dept at my lab switched to Macs in about 86, 87 because there were
a handful of us with them, and we did a lot of our own graphics - and they
were able to convince the powers that be to do it. Same thing, when I
changed agencies in 91 - the next year, helped the graphics group make the
upgrade. They had some Max, some PCs and needed a bit of an ally to
coompletely upgrade. It was great when they did, as it helped me and the
couple of guys from the program office to keep/upgrade our own. Even in
the 80s, I had Persuasion for doing presentations on the Mac - so much
better than Powerpoint at the time. Eventually, IIRC, Powerpoint subsumed
(bought) Persuasion. But for a good few years that they were both around,
Persuasion was well ahead in tools, capability. I enjoyed telling the guys
too bad, I'm not a secretary, when people would come to me to do their
briefings - cause they were in a queue with their secretary, or waiting on
graphics. But, of course, a couple of us from the Mac group would end up
doing "other duties" . We told the IT people we didn't care about them
supporting us, we'd take care of it, just make sure that we got software we
ordered. Had our own Apple (Mac) Users Group at the lab, affiliated with
the Federal Group, the huge (now) DC area group - Washington Apple Pi.

Now I use Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks/Flash. If I ever get a job
then I'm completing my upgrade with the Adobe suite.

Fun to think about.

ellice

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