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"What's Your Preference, Sir?"

Posted by Ernest Svenson: "Remember this joke? Guy goes into see the doctor, and the doc asks "what seems to be the problem?" The guy says "Doc, it's my arm. It hurts when I do this." And then the doctor says "well, then don't DO that!"

I mention this joke because it's basically what happens when people fail to make any attempt to set the preferences for their applications. Technology trainers are constantly hearing lawyers complain that Word wants to auto-correct certain words. In the attorneys' view the problem is irresolvable; it's a bug in the program that simply can't be fixed.

The tech trainer usually wants to say something similar to what the doctor in the joke says: "if you don't like it when your computer does that then tell it not to." Then the tech trainer patiently shows the lawyer how to set the preferences for that program. Every program has preferences. You knew that, right?

Maybe you didn't. And, if so, then you wouldn't be alone..."

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Source: PDF for Lawyers, 17 April 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).