[AccessD] Office 2007

Somewhere around here I still have a copy of WordStar for CP/M on 8" 
floppies.....

Don B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dian" <nd500_lo at charter.net>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 2007


>I not only remember WordStar, I still miss it sometimes when I want to do
> something fancy and can't remember how to make it happen. WordStar didn't 
> do
> all that much, but what it did looked great....and it was SIMPLE...seems
> like nothing is simple today...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:36 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 2007
>
> Just remember when you cash that cheque, you come see me, Tony Soprano, 
> with
> a slice.
>
> Whoa! I just remembered, I actually do own the name MobStar! Bought it on 
> a
> lark, and you'd have to be old to understand why (Wordstar etc.) but I
> scored that name a long time ago. I used it in various presentations,
> because most such are very dry, so I chose to go in the Tony Soprano
> software vein -- yous gotyas pharmatceutical and companionship and and 
> risk
> modules, plus yous gotta move girls from here to there so they don't get
> stale, and yous got "break arms or legs or both" reports. This business is
> tough. Add on encryption and I definitely don't want my wives or partners 
> to
> be able to read the data.
>
> I've thought about this, but at the end of the day, what caused me to pass
> is the tech-support part of the equation. 3am: "Yo, Arthur, we got a shoe
> ovah heah. You gotta wipe this like a newborn baby. I mean clean." 
> Although
> I detected a significant market here, ultimately I chose to pass. Several
> bikers arrive at your home at 3am and point out that's there's a bug in 
> your
> routine xxyyzz. No thanks!
>
> So there you go. On a lark, I bought the name MobStar. Now I'm afraid to
> sell it. LOL.
>
> A.
>
>
> On 6/24/07, Dian <nd500_lo at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I already admitted I was grumpy. I think that, if I had the time
>> (and the inclination)to do what I did originally (learn Access 2.0,
>> which was then brand-new), it might work. I don't think I want to go
>> that far right now and so I'm cheating (and I'll understand if you all
>> want to throw me off the list permanently for this one). I'm doing all
>> the upgrades in 2003, then I'll convert it and smile sweetly and cash
>> the check.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
>> Fuller
>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:38 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 2007
>>
>> The alleged improvements seem without exception to dazzle all Office
>> users who have never sniffed a line of code. I must be old-fangled -- 
>> I cannot yet deem one reason why "ribbons" are better than the
>> menubar; nor can I find menu items that I used to be able to find
>> eyes-closed.
>>
>> Apparently somebody has released an add-in that puts the classic menu
>> back into the picture while hiding the ribbons.
>>
>> On the plus side, I really do love the navigation bar in Access 2007.
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>>
>> On 6/24/07, Dian <nd500_lo at charter.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Odd you should ask that. Although I'm technically retired, I had a
>> > request to upgrade the first app I ever did...and I started on it
>> > yesterday. So far, all I can say is that it was easier to work in
>> > Access 2.0 than to upgrade to 2007. I can also say that I wish MS
>> > would just give us good stuff and leave all the new interface
>> > improvements OUT of the mix. Yeah...I'm grumpy right now.
>> >
>>
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