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Brian Reichert
rignes at pobox.com
Mon Sep 18 23:09:56 CEST 2006
* Douglas G Mckendrick <bones at rhinecourt.wanadoo.co.uk> [2006-09-18 21:23:47+0100]
> I just thought I would share what happened recently.
>
> My stepson is taking his gcse's this year (16+ exams). He has been
> using openoffice at home for some time helping him with coursework etc.
> Then today he shouts me upstairs...he is wanting to install M$ word
> under wine. I asked "Why?", and his reply was that word corrects his
> mistakes with 'I'. And he has loads of 'I's. I didn't at first
> understand what he was saying so asked him to show me.
> At school if he types:
>
> if i take the 3*3 square, i can.....
>
> M$ Word corrects his i's to I's and Ooo doesn't. He found pressing
> shift or caps lock to be too tedious!
>
> I didn't install word.
>
>
> Doug
Good for you! ;)
That's a funny story.
--
Brian Reichert
http://rignesnet.tzo.com
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland";
but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
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