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-Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gates, Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 3:47 PM
Subject: OT: Killing the Microsoft Monster-- Could qualify as FRIDAY HUMOR


>                 * * * * * PREPARE FOR RANT * * * * *
>
>                 Would someone please tell me how to make WORD 97 NOT mung
up
> what I type?
>
>                 If Word interprets what I type as a Hyperlink, it converts
> it to one and makes it LIVE. Which means attempting to correct anything on
> that hyperlinked non-hyperlink attempts to go to that NON-HYPERLINK
starting
> up OUTLOOK or INTERNET EXPLODER.
>
>                 I sometimes have call to use some of the features that
WORD
> has that Qedit doesn't to edit COBOL and JCL.  But the 'FEATURE CREATURE'
> has made it nearly impossible to actually save time doing this.  It didn't
> do it in Word 6.0. but now WORD 97 insists on doing some of my typing for
> me, like the hyperlinks or *correcting* data names that are close to
looking
> like real words.  This is not a GOOD thing.
>
>                 HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP?????!!!!!!
>
>                 * * * * * THIS RANT IS CONCLUDED * * * * * *
>
>                 Scott "NO-RELATION!" Gates
>