I've been really surprised with some of the frustrating updates to Microsoft Office 2013. I've already had issues with Microsoft Word going way back but this was several additional stages of unpleasant.
PCWorld put out a breakdown on the problems and available cures but one one not mentioned in this list was setting up to auto-save to .doc rather than deal with checking "compatibility mode" on every single save.
Microsoft's insistence on adding pointless additional format updates that don't work with earlier programs helps sell software but doesn't help users. While Excel and PowerPoint keep getting better, Word hasn't seen any dramatic feature updates (that I've seen) since 2003. On average I use Word at least an hour a day so I feel like I would have seen something in the past 8 years. Here's a breakdown on all the compatibility oddities.
PCWorld put out a breakdown on the problems and available cures but one one not mentioned in this list was setting up to auto-save to .doc rather than deal with checking "compatibility mode" on every single save.
Microsoft's insistence on adding pointless additional format updates that don't work with earlier programs helps sell software but doesn't help users. While Excel and PowerPoint keep getting better, Word hasn't seen any dramatic feature updates (that I've seen) since 2003. On average I use Word at least an hour a day so I feel like I would have seen something in the past 8 years. Here's a breakdown on all the compatibility oddities.
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