Tao of Mac
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    Jun 21 2005, 22:36

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    Rui Carmo

Word

Office’s Word processor, which started out as a lean, mean Mac application and eventually became a bloated behemoth of biblical proportions that forces people to use annotations and callouts as some sort of grammatical acupuncture to make their documents feel better.

Resources:

  • Evolution of Microsoft Word for Windows – neat summary, with screenshots.

See Also

The Switcher's Application GuideLudicrous SpeedItems of Note on Note-TakingViEmu for Word and Outlook: vi-vim editing for Microsoft Office
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It's About Time, Indeed!Bricks Ain't Hard, Life IsOffice ThoughtsThursday
Fresh NewsThe StealthBookSpreadsheets (*.wks):Office Files
Plotting UNIX's RevengeMacThe Razor-Thin Mobile ComputerCentrale Milano
Hyperlinked PDF Generation?28 DegreesWordThe Wheel, That Radical New Concept
Notes To SelfChaotic WeekendOpen Source Myopia, RevisitedThe Blue Packet
Odd Happenings of an Otherwise Unremarkable MondayThe Widest Desktop On EarthLinking SpreeGeek Timeline
AbiWordThe Perfect PDA
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