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PreciousIvy
What does it mean to Maggie a document? When would you do this?
C
Charles Kenyon
Who might Maggie be? I suspect someone who works in your organization or
used to work there.
used to work there.
S
Stefan Blom
I belive this means to copy an entire document except for the final
paragraph mark and paste into a new document; the purpose is to keep
as much formatting as possible but get rid of possible corruption
(stored in the final paragraph mark). I really don't know what the
name comes from, though. My guess would be that it refers to MVP
Margaret Aldis.
paragraph mark and paste into a new document; the purpose is to keep
as much formatting as possible but get rid of possible corruption
(stored in the final paragraph mark). I really don't know what the
name comes from, though. My guess would be that it refers to MVP
Margaret Aldis.
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Daiya Mitchell
Yes. Not Margaret Aldis, though. Word Heretic uses it (and John McGhie?), I
think he said once it comes from a woman on a techwriter email list a while
back who frequently gave that advice. Older than the MVP program, was the
impression I got.
DM
think he said once it comes from a woman on a techwriter email list a while
back who frequently gave that advice. Older than the MVP program, was the
impression I got.
DM
C
Charles Kenyon
Learn something new? every day! Thanks.
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Margaret Aldis
Stefan Blom said:
Right so far
Not me - I have a feeling it started on techwr-l or another tech writing
forum. Maggie Secara? Steve Hudson may know.
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Stefan Blom
Margaret Aldis said:
OK. Thank you for responding!
I suppose all we can do is wait and see if Steve or someone else who
knows sees this thread...
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hudson
<Many many chortles>
The only bit that is missing from the story is when M$ FINALLY stole it (I
posted a notice here natch) they didn't use the word Maggie anywhere.
Bastards.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;211634 is their take
on an "extended Maggie".
Steve Hudson
-----Original Message-----
From: Secara, Maggie
At the time the word was coined (I've never been a verb before) the real
joke was that all too often poor Steve would have spent hours working out an
elaborate scheme (usually involving VBA) to solve whatever problem had been
posed, then I'd pipe up and say, oh gee, have you tried this! And it would
be the answer. Not always of course, but often enough. Then there was the
time I made Steve's day completely by coming up with a whole new problem,
begging for help, to which he replied "have you tried a maggie" and of
course, it fixed everything.
It's not always the answer, true. But it IS magic. ("Any sufficiently
advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.") And it's a place to
start, it's got a great beat, but you can't dance to it.
From: Steve Hudson
<Many many chortles>
The only bit that is missing from the story is when M$ FINALLY stole it (I
posted a notice here natch) they didn't use the word Maggie anywhere.
Bastards.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;211634 is their take
on an "extended Maggie".
Steve Hudson
-----Original Message-----
From: Secara, Maggie
At the time the word was coined (I've never been a verb before) the real
joke was that all too often poor Steve would have spent hours working out an
elaborate scheme (usually involving VBA) to solve whatever problem had been
posed, then I'd pipe up and say, oh gee, have you tried this! And it would
be the answer. Not always of course, but often enough. Then there was the
time I made Steve's day completely by coming up with a whole new problem,
begging for help, to which he replied "have you tried a maggie" and of
course, it fixed everything.
It's not always the answer, true. But it IS magic. ("Any sufficiently
advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.") And it's a place to
start, it's got a great beat, but you can't dance to it.
A
Amedee Van Gasse
Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.newusers:
Try submitting this to The Jargon File - however they are not very
ZvpebFbsg-friendly there ;-)
Current maintainer is Eric Raymond - esr at thyrsus dot com
microsoft.public.word.newusers:
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hudson
<Many many chortles>
The only bit that is missing from the story is when M$ FINALLY stole
it (I posted a notice here natch) they didn't use the word Maggie
anywhere. Bastards.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;211634 is
their take on an "extended Maggie".
Steve Hudson
-----Original Message-----
From: Secara, Maggie
At the time the word was coined (I've never been a verb before) the
real joke was that all too often poor Steve would have spent hours
working out an elaborate scheme (usually involving VBA) to solve
whatever problem had been posed, then I'd pipe up and say, oh gee,
have you tried this! And it would be the answer. Not always of
course, but often enough. Then there was the time I made Steve's day
completely by coming up with a whole new problem, begging for help,
to which he replied "have you tried a maggie" and of course, it fixed
everything.
It's not always the answer, true. But it IS magic. ("Any sufficiently
advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.") And it's a
place to start, it's got a great beat, but you can't dance to it.
Try submitting this to The Jargon File - however they are not very
ZvpebFbsg-friendly there ;-)
Current maintainer is Eric Raymond - esr at thyrsus dot com