it is not about 2003

It is not about 2003, it is about engineers and their calculations. Ultimately, what I am doing is teaching engineers one way of becoming better engineers amongst others. Another famous way for engineers to become better engineers is to do site work and I can testify to that! And that is not what I am promoting either.

I will rewrite the books the in 2007 versions, but it is not about the version. The version does not give you better calculations, if anything it will compound your problems. It is fortunate what I know is built on Word 95. If I never managed Word 95, I doubt I would have managed Word 2003 as my starting point, I think would have given up. But I did manage it in Word 95 and the extra time it took to crack Word 2003 was worthwhile only because I knew it could be done in Word 95.

Word 2007 is confusion multiplied. I am disgusted by the arrogance of MS Office to presume this upon us; this mindless competition with Apple. Don't wait for Word 2007. I would not choose to my calculations in Word 2007.

To those who think, "2003 is old stuff, I am waiting for 2007," think again.

Learn what you are doing in Word 2003 first then you will understand your strategy for Word 2007. I read that over 70% of businesses still use Windows XP and over 90% use Word 2003 or older. During these harsh economic times many companies will not upgrade soon, why should they?

Likewise, I understand many engineers use OpenOffice beacause it is free. I will write the books one day for this as well. And for Linux systems using Windows 7 upside down and Word 2009, or maybe not!

The book isn't about Word 2003, it is about the calculations and the techniques;
Design the job,
Control defaults,
build templates,
drawing with the toolbars,
copy/pasting objectives,
importing data, and
annotations.

One engineer today said, "I know 2003, I want 2007" I asked, "Do you even know how to draw a perfect square," no, "a straight line," no.....apart from that what have the Romans ever done for us?