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In article <645@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes:
>In article <1361@sunny1.che.clarkson.edu> kweeder@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Jim Kweeder) writes:
>>As for training, I instruct neophytes all the time in DOS and UNIX and
>>occasionally for the Macintosh.  I can safely say it doesn't take more
>>or less time for any of these systems. 

>>...  do you really think it'll take less time to learn Word
>>on the Mac than the AT?).

I found that having PC Word experience helped in learning Word on the Mac.
I had only used the PC for afterhours consulting and I was generally given
a style sheet to apply to the current project.

When I bought Macs instead of PCs for the writing group at work, I suddenly 
found myself as the only writer (as the result of a layoff).  Not only did I
have to convert 4000+ pages
from NBI to Mac, but I had to continue the regular production schedule for
new software releases on two systems.  Needless to say, you learn a whole lot
faster when you must be productive immediately.

After a few months of using Mac and not using PC word, I quickly forgot how
to function on the PC.  When the former consulting job became my new fulltime
job, I lasted only 9 days.  I was happy to crawl back to my former employer
and reclaim my Mac.

Until I tried Mac Word, I was happy with PC Word.  But I don't ever want to
go back to PC Word.  Every time I tried to do something (like create a table),
I was reminded of how much harder it was on the PC.  It was much like trying
to do with one hand what you had learned to do with two hands.

So, if you want people to use a PC, don't let them touch a Mac.  After a few
months you've lost them from the PC.  (And Windows was absolutely crude after
getting used to the Mac interface.)