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    From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 19 09:35:25 2023
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect
    to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to
    pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft
    Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From John@21:1/5 to Alan on Wed Apr 19 13:35:56 2023
    On 4/19/23 9:35 AM, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect
    to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to
    pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.



    More than likely operator error.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to John on Wed Apr 19 14:03:51 2023
    On 2023-04-19 13:35, John wrote:
    On 4/19/23 9:35 AM, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with
    respect to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a
    good idea to pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the
    Microsoft Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.



    More than likely operator error.

    Sorry, but it isn't "operator error" that a document still accepts
    commands when it is in the process of being saved.

    It's not operator error that Microsoft took a command that everyone knew
    and renamed it something else...

    ...oh and which changes names depending on whether or not you're saving
    a purely local document, or a Sharepoint-located document.

    It's not operator error that Microsoft chose to use an older UI for
    "Save" sheets.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Apr 25 08:03:06 2023
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect
    to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to
    pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Tue Apr 25 09:38:46 2023
    On 2023-04-25 08:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect
    to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to
    pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft
    Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?

    Yes, Little Shit.

    I use a Mac.

    Surely this doesn't come as a surprise to you.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Apr 25 10:05:32 2023
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:38:49 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 08:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect >> to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to >> pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft >> Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?
    Yes, Little Shit.

    I use a Mac.

    Surely this doesn't come as a surprise to you.

    Surely you know that the Mac version is different from Windows. The issues do not show up on Windows 11.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Tue Apr 25 10:31:53 2023
    On 2023-04-25 10:05, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:38:49 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 08:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect >>>> to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to >>>> pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft >>>> Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?
    Yes, Little Shit.

    I use a Mac.

    Surely this doesn't come as a surprise to you.

    Surely you know that the Mac version is different from Windows. The issues do not show up on Windows 11.

    Surely you know that Microsoft writes both versions, Little Shit.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu May 4 12:44:40 2023
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 1:31:57 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 10:05, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:38:49 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 08:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect >>>> to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to >>>> pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now
    caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft
    Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?
    Yes, Little Shit.

    I use a Mac.

    Surely this doesn't come as a surprise to you.

    Surely you know that the Mac version is different from Windows. The issues do not show up on Windows 11.
    Surely you know that Microsoft writes both versions, Little Shit.

    Surely you know that the Windows version is their primary sales source. It gets better support than the Mac version.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu May 4 12:47:55 2023
    On 2023-05-04 12:44, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 1:31:57 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 10:05, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:38:49 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-04-25 08:03, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    Who in the world could think that, while the modal dialog (with respect >>>>>> to a particular Word document) is open, that it would be a good idea to >>>>>> pass certain keystrokes back into the document itself?

    I was doing a "Save as..." on a Word file (which Microsoft has now >>>>>> caused to be named "Save a copy...", which actually represents a
    different operation) and accidentally hit the Cmd-return key
    combination, which caused a manual page break to be added to the
    document at the current insertion point.

    Utterly idiotic.


    Further more, I just noticed that Word, and in fact all of the Microsoft >>>>>> Office apps fail to use the new dropdown sheet UI.

    There you go.

    Three stupid choices in less than a minute.

    Windows 11, Dell PC, latest Word version, cannot replicate the CMD-Enter issue. I get a ding/error sound, nothing else. Using a Mac?
    Yes, Little Shit.

    I use a Mac.

    Surely this doesn't come as a surprise to you.

    Surely you know that the Mac version is different from Windows. The issues do not show up on Windows 11.
    Surely you know that Microsoft writes both versions, Little Shit.

    Surely you know that the Windows version is their primary sales source. It gets better support than the Mac version.

    So you're admitting that Microsoft intentionally cripples the Mac
    versions of their software, Little Shit?

    That they don't even bother fixing obvious problems?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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