A word regarding Word

[rolanni]

I would just like to say to the person in ITS who informed me that Microsoft Word is the Very Best Program for secretaries to lay posters out with, and, no, the college was not going to allow me to purchase a "lay Out pro GRAM" (pronunciation and emphasis original to the conversation) so I could do my job in a reasonable manner?

I'd just like to say to this person -- Word. Sucks. Very. Large. Rocks. And I hope your stock in MicroSmurf plummets.

Thank you.

Comments

[caoilfhionn.livejournal.com]

Once upon a time, someone tried to get me to do book layout in Word, "because you can make it look just the same." (The fact that real layout cost more had nothing to do with it, of course.) And it's horrid.

Would they spring for Microsoft Publisher? It's evil, but it's better than Word. (As someone else has already pointed out. Read the comments first, sleepy!)