Because we read from the top to the bottom of a page, our eyes naturally gravitate to the top. To write something in Word, I have to actively not look at all of the formatting options. But more than that, I find that it distracts from my writing. I find this clutter aesthetically displeasing. Microsoft Word - too much clutter for me. I count 5 rows of buttons (including the ruler) before you get to your actual text. Below, for instance, is a screenshot of Word. One of the reasons that I now dislike word processors is a reason that I initially loved them - you can see all the formatting options in menu bars. Why I abandoned Word Reason 1: Word has a cluttered interface Why have I given up the WYSIWYG formatting that I once found so revelatory? Here’s a list of reasons. Instead, I do almost all of my writing in a simple text editor. (I’m part of the reason all essay assignments now come with the boilerplate request to ‘use Times New Roman font’.)įast forward 3 decades. I remember submitting essays to my Grade 7 teacher in a torturous-to-read cursive font … just because I could. As I typed my essays for school, I spent hours playing with fonts and formatting.
#ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN WINE MAC#
The Mac came with ClarisWorks - an office suite (now defunct) that blew my mind. My family had just replaced our Apple IIe with a fancy new Macintosh LC 550. I know the feeling, because I remember when I first tried a WYSIWYG office suite. It’s like leaving your Tesla in the garage and choosing to drive a Model T. To many people, it seems odd that you’d choose to type your formatting semantically when you could just see it.
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