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Subject: Re: I honestly do not understand how people put up with Windows
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:42:43 -0400
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On 8/30/24 3:14 PM, Alan wrote:
> I've been forced to use a Windows PC lately to do some work in Word 
> where Microsoft has not seen fit to provide the same UI in Word for 
> macOS as it has in Word for Windows; specifically surrounding what they 
> now call "Content Controls" and which any normal person would call form 
> fields.
> 
> It's not that the feature doesn't exist in the Mac version of Word—it 
> sort of does, but there is no user interface for creating or modifying 
> the content controls on the Mac. Microsoft just left them out! So, a 
> Windows PC has become necessary to do this work.

I'd not heard of 'content controls' before, so I did a quick Google:

This looked promising...

<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/word/content-controls-in-word>

and sure, it does explain the basics, but what's of note is that first line:

"Learn how Microsoft Word 2013 content controls enable..."

Word 2013?  So the element has been around for a decade, yet has still 
not made it into all of their Word platform versions!

What's next?  "MacOS-Access"?   /s


> 
> And I'm doing so on a somewhat dated surplus PC I got from one of my 
> clients, but it's a decent midr-range machine: a Lenovo T450s first 
> released in 2015. And I've updated it to Windows 10.

FWIW, another option is to install Parallels on one's Mac, and Windows 
11 (ARM version) therein.

> 
> But actually working on it is AWFUL.
> 
> The screen is awful. The rendering of fonts is awful. The fluidity of 
> the trackpad and pointer is awful.
> 
> Using Word with a pointer that doesn't move fluidly is awful.
> 
> Understand, this is not a problem with understanding how to use the 
> Windows UI.
> 
> I'm just comparing the quality of the experience of how it behaves 
> against the gold standard...
> 
> ...and it is coming up as dross.


Understandable.  Adobe has been the same way at times too.


-hh