Zamboni
751 2016-11-30 13:02:58
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
752 2016-11-29 23:41:22
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
prenuptial
753 2016-11-28 21:40:45
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Only Jacques Cousteau knows for sure
754 2016-11-28 14:33:00
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea
755 2016-11-26 22:21:15
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Vermaxcular
756 2016-11-26 03:29:22
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
lol, Dillerious
757 2016-11-26 02:15:26
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
skinny pigs
758 2016-11-24 04:08:03
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
oxybuttinout
759 2016-11-23 01:49:32
Re: New here and hoping to connect (1 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
You might also wish to fill out your profile information to further introduce yourself to those who click on your name. Good writing. Take care. Vern
760 2016-11-20 05:18:43
Re: Word 2010: Something I discovered today (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Norm d'Plume wrote:
Hmm. I used to write technical manuals...
Now we know who to blame, lol. Take care. Vern
761 2016-11-19 23:52:46
Re: Word 2010: Something I discovered today (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
j p lundstrom wrote:
I don't consider myself a dummy (no matter what they say) but I recognize my needs. After all, I'm the one who didn't know how to reverse the quotation marks when needed. I always go for the manual as soon as I get an update, a new computer, or any new gadget. And I always have the same experience: within minutes I'm asleep.
I thought this would end after a few years, when lots of people became knowledgeable, but so far, no such luck. The condition remains: Technical writers don't know how to write!
If it's in print, sentences are convoluted, filled with jargon we "dummies" don't understand. Who can blame us for not understanding a foreign language?
If it's a video, the presenter wastes time with useless allusions and analogies, then zips over new procedures so fast they don't register. Or else, the action is obscured by the presenters hands or body or the camera angle isn't right. Forgive me, but I can only watch a thing so many times!
So what if I don't have a very long attention span, or my patience runs out, or I'm distracted by real life? I can't be the only human being with these problems. That doesn't make me a dummy! I have a healthy IQ, I can communicate with others, and I usually can make sense of what I'm told.
IT'S NOT US; IT'S THEM!
JP
I wasn't referring to the technical manuals (everything you mention about them is true), rather the real book titled "Word For Dummies" and I was literally a computer dummy, having virtually never used one before, but the book was easy to understand and follow directions even for me. If you haven't tried it, perhaps if would help; if you actually have tried it rather than the standard manuals and still found it confusing, then thanks for letting me know I'm a whiz kid and didn't know it, lol. Take care. Vern
762 2016-11-19 13:09:54
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
No oxy needed
763 2016-11-18 23:46:55
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Oxymoron
764 2016-11-18 23:45:12
Re: Word 2010: Something I discovered today (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hello, AT, you might try Word For Dummies (like I was). I bought the2007 version years ago and it shows all kinds of things you can do. I assume they have updated versions in paper or digital for the newer models. Well worth the cost to prevent wasting time on seemingly minor things as what you stated. Take care. Vern
765 2016-11-18 13:21:10
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
America
766 2016-11-03 12:05:01
Re: The imperfect use of Past Perfect (19 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I would have got all them not wrong if I wrote it after now. Took care. Vern
767 2016-10-31 04:15:12
Re: What Happened To Hamler (46 replies, posted in HodgePodge)
GPyrenees wrote:
So I come on to the site and...
No word from Hamler
No word from Vern
Nothing decent to readI'm like --- wtf??
Well, Vern is still around - been playing nurse maid mostly - not sure about John. I've been waiting on you to post your finished novel so I can give you a bad ass review. Only the lonely ... know the way I feel tonight, whoa, whoa. Take care. Vern
768 2016-10-30 22:36:26
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Me too
769 2016-10-29 23:44:11
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non-virgin
770 2016-10-28 22:28:47
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Present-lax
771 2016-10-28 12:10:36
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Exactly
772 2016-10-27 23:00:28
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
How many (the number of people who won't get the Korean BBQ)
773 2016-10-27 12:06:32
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
poop poop (what the dog does before or after barking to go out)
774 2016-10-23 14:32:05
Re: Anyone want to play again? (60 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
"What the hell were you thinking," I knew some fool would ask when told I slid from my booth into the one occupied by this lecherous leprechaun of a man simply because he gestured that I do so; and of course my answer would reveal the true disgust I had for him, my husband.
775 2016-10-20 22:54:08
Re: Anyone want to play again? (60 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Frankly my dear, since you drank it all, I'll accept your offer to pay and then we shall see each other nevermore.
