Word

Sorry, but I really need to get the following off of my chest:



Sometimes, I really, really hate Microsoft Word. I hate the fact that it's not compatible with any other document system or publishing tool. I hate the fact that it embeds all of these secret codes and subliminal messages while you're sitting there writing a short story about puppies. I'll bet there are a number of folks on the FBI watch list because they copied and pasted some innocent ramblings from Word onto the Internet that, unbeknownst to them, contained some sort of suspicious encryption that will cause their passports to get flagged any time they try to leave the country.

I hate that Word formats things the way it wants, and then gets too set in its stubborn little ways to accept any changes you might try to implement. Like hey, maybe I don't want line-spacing between paragraphs. Maybe I'm just wild and crazy like that.

Tell me, is it too childish to start calling it Microsoft Turd?