Darn right you're annoyed! Why do you have to install the HTML tools in Office manually? Why can't you put a blank line between your text and a graphic in Word? Why is this talking paperclip trying to establish a relationship with me? Arrrrrggghhh! It's enough to make you scream.

We know because we've been there. In the trenches, trying to get real work out of software that was configured more with doing a slick demo in mind than mundane tasks like getting the job done. And we've heard from many others in the same boat. We lectured, trained, and collectively made more presentations to more end users than we can count, and many of you have shared your grief and frustration with trying to use the software that's supposed to make your life easier. You start wondering if it's you or the software that's the dummy.

Trust us... it's not you it's the software. We've written a number of books that show you how to triumph over frustrating, infuriating, and downright annoying software. You can read about them here. In addition we have an extensive FAQ section (on the PRIME Resource site) covering a wide variety of topics, so if you're stumped by something you can check there, or peruse the articles we've written for PC Computing and Office Computing magazines that are all available online! We've also set up a message board where you can ask for help (or even toss a lifeline to someone else who's traveling down a path that you've trodden before). Feel free to share your most annoying encounters with Office. And if you're looking to make Word or Excel less annoying check out our PRIME for Word and PRIME for Excel add-on utilities (for both Office 97 and Office 2000 versions).

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