Office 2011: Really? Really? - Page 7

Adrian. · Jan 24th, 2011, 02:26 PM

I've had multiple crashes in word 2011. It is unusable.

Joker Eh · Jan 24th, 2011, 02:31 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by iMatt
	When I first started using Word 11, I was frustrated with the awful new find-and-replace interface, then somewhat relieved to find the old (clunky but functional and familiar) F&R interface buried under Edit > Find > Advanced Find and Replace, then pissed to note that a) there's no keyboard shortcut to open said window

CTRL + H will bring up the Find & Replace window and the tab will be set to Replace. If you want just click on Find tab.

I don't know what they changed it, but hey, oh well.

SD-B · Jan 24th, 2011, 02:42 PM

Thanks CubaMark for that explanation. I have a boxed 2011 version of Office for Business and Home and I am just going to sell it instead and try to use the ones in the Mac then, for I dont use it enough and saving in .doc is all that i do anyhow so I dont see a need for it on my computer than

I have the office before 2011 on my Mac and I havent ever had a problem with it, but then, i rarely use it

iMatt · Jan 24th, 2011, 03:44 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Joker Eh
	CTRL + H will bring up the Find & Replace window and the tab will be set to Replace. If you want just click on Find tab. I don't know what they changed it, but hey, oh well.

Are you sure we're talking about the same software? Control + H does absolutely nothing on my machine.

CubaMark · Jan 24th, 2011, 04:28 PM

CTRL-H is most definitely not mapped to Advanced Find & Replace in MS-Word 2011, or any other command for that matter. It's possible that Joker Eh is confusing the Windows version, or s/he has (via a 3rd-party utility?) mapped that keystroke and forgot about it.

CubaMark · Jan 26th, 2011, 06:18 PM

For those wondering "is it just me?" or if Word 2011 bugs are common, here's a list of known Word 2011 issues, direct from Microsoft.

SD-B · Jan 26th, 2011, 09:33 PM

But those will all be sorted out, whichever ones still exist on updates------just as i get bugs on my iPhone and get updates to fix it.

I wish all software were perfect out of the box but I havent ever found it so

SD-B · Jan 26th, 2011, 09:34 PM

I cant help but get the feeling reading this thread that any software by MS would be challenged beyond the norm ;-)

CubaMark · Jan 26th, 2011, 11:35 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by SD-B
	I cant help but get the feeling reading this thread that any software by MS would be challenged beyond the norm ;-)

Well... we're not talking about a version 1.0 product. This is Microsoft's premiere software suite, now at version 14. You'd think they could keep something as simple as Find & Replace working in the transition from v. 13.

And... when I pay that much money for software, I'd like it to do the job it promises to do, not leave me hanging until the next bug fix comes out...

BTW, wouldn't it be nice if MS were to unbundle the suite's various applications, like Apple has done with iWork? I have only a marginal need for Excel. Powerpoint? Nope - Keynote for me. And Entourage or Outlook or Communicator or whatever the heck that email thingy is? No need at all....

Joker Eh · Jan 27th, 2011, 11:19 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by CubaMark
	CTRL-H is most definitely not mapped to Advanced Find & Replace in MS-Word 2011, or any other command for that matter. It's possible that Joker Eh is confusing the Windows version, or s/he has (via a 3rd-party utility?) mapped that keystroke and forgot about it.

Yeah sorry. Opps. Try Command + H then. I have only had my mac for 6 months, still getting used to the Command button.