2002 Publisher inferior to 2000, huge disappointment

[Carolyn]

I'm so pissed. I purchased this program because I was
away from home and had to work on an emergency project.
When I got home I had to install this version (over my old
2000) in order to be able to access the project I'd been
working on. The crop feature is difficult to find at best
and impossible to use. The address feature is still a
mystery, if it exists. I'm so tired of searching for
tools that either don't exist or are hidden too well to
use. What is the point in upgrading to a version that you
cannot use. Publisher has always been my favorite. Now,
I don't care if I ever use it again. I am fairly adept at
learning new things on my own but this one is designed to
foil any attempts. What a waste and a disappointment!

 

[John Inzer]

Why not save your current project as a Publisher
2000 file and return the 2002 program for a refund?

Microsoft North American Retail Product Returns
http://www.microsoft.com/info/nareturns.htm

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

John's advice about returning Publisher is good as Publisher 2003 is not far
away and a significant improvement.

Personally, as far as 2002 goes, I loathe some things in it like the
harebrained Text Frame border, and a few other things like lousy WordArt,
but generally I do consider it to be a much enhanced over 2000. Hopefully
my copy of Publisher 2003 will be here tomorrow, and reading the release
document, appears to be a worthwhile upgrade with significant improvements.
I will post a review as soon as I receive it and get chance to give
Publisher 2003 a work over. I am sincerely hoping they have fixed up the
menus in Pub2003.

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[Mike Koewler]

Carolyn,

Can you be a little more concise? Using your vernacular, are you pissed
off or pissed on? There is a big difference, you know. I've known lots
of people who were pissed off, and they never suffered any long lasting
effects. But the couple of people I have met that were pissed on - a
different story. One of them has died, but then he was 87 when he was
pissed on (he was laying down is some weeds, having drunk too much HB
when a lady had to let her stallion relieve himself - as bad luck would
have it - in the same spot; he was snoring at the time and the horse
generated such a stream of urine, in the perfect direction that it
poured into the guy's mouth and drowned him while he slept - look for a
Made for TV version of the story coming soon, but I'm not sure they can
show the instrument the horse used to kill the guy), and that was a
dozen years ago. I still claim he would have made it to the century mark
if he would have avoided that horse, but such is life.

Just for the record, Pub is not like Windows. Unless you are a complete
blonde boob who doesn't have a clue about installing programs, you
should still have your earlier version available to use. Just be careful
about using some features. An undocumented feature: your monitor may or
may not piss on you!

Cordially,

Mike

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

From the Merriam Webster - boob - a stupid awkward person.

In other countries a 'boob' is a human female mammary gland.

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[Blair]

Hey Mike, I pissed myself laughing !!!

Carolyn,

Can you be a little more concise? Using your vernacular, are you pissed
off or pissed on? There is a big difference, you know. I've known lots
of people who were pissed off, and they never suffered any long lasting
effects. But the couple of people I have met that were pissed on - a
different story. One of them has died, but then he was 87 when he was
pissed on (he was laying down is some weeds, having drunk too much HB
when a lady had to let her stallion relieve himself - as bad luck would
have it - in the same spot; he was snoring at the time and the horse
generated such a stream of urine, in the perfect direction that it
poured into the guy's mouth and drowned him while he slept - look for a
Made for TV version of the story coming soon, but I'm not sure they can
show the instrument the horse used to kill the guy), and that was a
dozen years ago. I still claim he would have made it to the century mark
if he would have avoided that horse, but such is life.

Just for the record, Pub is not like Windows. Unless you are a complete
blonde boob who doesn't have a clue about installing programs, you
should still have your earlier version available to use. Just be careful
about using some features. An undocumented feature: your monitor may or
may not piss on you!

Cordially,

Mike

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Oh zip it, ya boob!

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Microsoft Publisher MVP
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www.activewin.com

 

[JoAnn]

Now that's not nice either. I could call you a schmuck,
but I won't. ;-)

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Great, now you made me cry

Brian Kvalheim

-----Original Message-----
Now that's not nice either. I could call you a schmuck,
but I won't. ;-)


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