I’ve been struggling with something that should have been really simple all afternoon, and I’ve been berated for swearing so harshly because of it. I’d forgotten how my swearing had reduced since Jack started learning to speak.
I’ve been trying to do a really simple layout on the front of a Word document on my iBook, just layering some text over a graphic wrapped to sit in the background. But there’s a bug in the Mac version of Office (v.X) and whilst it looked fine on screen, and even in the print preview, it wouldn’t layer the text properly to a printer or a pdf file. Naturally I wasn’t going to give in, so the stress rose and rose as I got more and more worked up and annoyed. Eventually I used an XP box to open it up in a PC version of Word, and all worked fine. It’s extremely annoying to have to switch machines though. Just another example of unfinished work from Microsoft, I guess. There really was no straight forward solution to be had.
So my working day has been extended, my work is behind schedule, and I won’t get home until 7 now, thanks to another MS bug. I haven’t had a computing problem like that for ages, which is great testament to the robustness of Apple products. When you’re busy, there’s no time to fix things. They just need to work.
Oh, and thanks to all those that have been recommending Scissor Sisters to me. I’m listening to their album on the train and it’s getting louder and louder (which is a good indicator of me enjoying it rather than because I have to cope with particularly loud valley chatter).
