You're not alone. Word processing on a personal computer with Word for Windows has almost nothing in common with cranking out letters on a typewriter other than the end product - a physical document. And trying to make Word act like your old Selectric is a sure fire way to lower your productivity while raising your blood pressure. Not only is there the paradigm shift from the straight forward method of mechanical keys striking a carbon ribbon to the awesome creative power made available by the megabytes of software that make up Word, you have to add the fact that Word often behaves in strange, unusual, and sometimes down-right wrong ways. Roll this all together and you have the premise of this book.
Word can be a colossal annoyance.
We don't think you have to be a dummy to toss up your hands in despair and curse the computer gods now and then when working with Word. We've collectively been working with this program since the beta of version 1.0 and we're here to tell you that some aspects of this program are not fully understood by the very people who developed it. Annoying hardly covers the sense of frustration Word can inspire. Ah, but you hold in your hand that which can help you lower your annoyance level. Knowledge is power and we can up your amperage in a big hurry.