"McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "johnbee" <johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "Rajinder Nijjhar" <rajinder.nijjhar@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Bought a New Computer and with it Windows 7.
>>>
>>> I tried Word documents. It is not showing Page break dotted line. I
>>> tried
>>> to give letters different colours, I could not. I highlighted the text
>>> and
>>> then selected the colour but it would colour the whole page with the
>>> same
>>> colour even though I highlighted a line.
>>>
>>> I have XP Pro programme. I am thinking of using that one please. Any
>>> problem in un-installing Window 7 and replacing it with XP Pro?
>>>
>>> Is there a telephone help line for such problems please?
>>>
>>>
>>> Rajinder
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> I am not knowledgeable about Word: the problem of colour that you
>> describe sounds exactly like problems I get when I don't really know how
>> to do it. I will say something about the page breaks though. I am not
>> sure whether you want it to show a dotted line instead of what it shows:
>> on mine that is a plain black line, which you can change by double
>> clicking it so it shows a blank space between pages instead of the line.
>>
>> My method of solving all computer problems is the same for everything,
>> and it is to read a book. That way, instead of asking someone every time
>> you want to know something, you will be the person who knows the answers.
>> My guess is that the time taken to read the book will be much shorter
>> than the trouble you will have if you don't.
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> 27 years of experience with "clone" PC's using DOS, DOS/Windows, Windows
> and being online (starting at 300 baud) since 1984 gives me the place to
> say your last paragraph is both right and wrong.
> Far too many times over all these years, the answers needed to problems
> were not IN any book yet. Yet the manuals are still good information. I
> read those. The vast majority of the problems have been solved posting
> questions in groups like this one. Whether they be in Usenet, private
> Newsgroups or web hosted site Forums, the groups are made up of people
> like you and I who are simply other users sharing their experience and
> knowledge. These various online 'user groups' are a huge and positive
> resource!
>
> McG.
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>
I certainly agree with that wholeheartedly. However my judgement, which
might of course be wrong, is that the original message sounded slightly as
though it was from a person not very knowledgeable about the software in
question so I gave advice trying to tailor it for the recipient. An aspect
of this is that we used to say to people that training courses on Word were
unknown while there were many on Wordperfect because Word was easier and had
a good help system.
Not so nowadays - Word is much more difficult to use (as is Windows 7 I
reckon, caused by a faulty data structure - the search facility, little used
in XP, has become essential in the game of find the file they have presented
us with, and on each search you only have one chance to select which is the
right one and if wrong, tough, start again. Grrrrr.).