Hello Jim,

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>The folks pushing "standard interface" and "user friendliness" have miles to go yet. I look forward to learning if Office XP finally has REAL standard interfaces for ALL functionality and vastly improved user-friendliness. After all, that's the MAJOR aim of the "XP" brand.
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It is a pretty tall order. It is hard to design a user interface that is easy for the new user, but doesn't get in the way of the experienced user. For example, in older versions of Word, I never had problems with bulleted lists, hanging indents, etc. But, for the inexperienced user, it wasn't obvious how to do it, so they changed it in Word 2000. Now, it becomes a wrestling match. In an attempt to make it easier, it automagically adjusts the indentions, trying to guess what I want. I've seen the numbering get messed up when I insert items, and it can be difficult to straighten up.

I'm know I can probably turn this behavior off, but it is an example nonetheless.

>Thanks for taking the time to straighten me out on this one.
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No big deal :)