# Manhattan is a fuckwad, and Microsoft can suck my dick **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757 "2003-05-07T20:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/141 "2003-05-12T18:44:22Z")
Well, it was a joke. Didn’t mean anyone specifically. Of course, there’s a pile of applications for the position available if you’re interested. You’ll need several references and meet a specific list of criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/142 "2003-05-12T19:33:58Z")
Is there a swimsuit competition? 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/143 "2003-05-12T19:44:46Z")
Of course. But the talent competition is _brutal_ and the East German judge, well, you know. (sorry in advance if this \*\*\*\*\* double posts) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/144 "2003-05-12T19:46:12Z")
There is, but it’s only worth half as many points as the “Screaming Hissy Fit Because You Didn’t Win the Swimsuit Competition” Competition. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/145 "2003-05-12T19:52:15Z")
damn you **Miller** how _dare_ you come up w/something funnier! ---
**Author:** ![InkBlot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@InkBlot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InkBlot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757/146 "2003-11-13T00:11:19Z")
OK, it’s like…six months later? I shouldn’t be here, I shouldn’t be stirring up dead anthills, but…well…Lissner’s been all over the pit these days, and it’s the most entertaining thing going on. So, after reading all this my inner Tech Support person wants to help, so here goes. **Lissner** , if you even see this, I have a new suggestion. I’m using Office97 for reference here, and this extends to newer versions. If you go check out your **Tools \> Options** screen from the toolbar, one tab is called **File Locations**. One of these locations is called “Startup.” Any template in this directory will be loaded automatically when you open Word. This doesn’t supercede the Normal.DOT, it merely appends it. It’s similar to **Tools \> Templates & Add-ins** , except there you’d have to do it each time you open word. So, if you make a template with all your custom settings, and save it to your startup directory, you’ll get all the benefit’s of your company’s customer Normal.DOT, as well as your own special settings. At my company we use this to great advantage in our Legal and Executive departments, who use a multitude of custom templates involving auto-text filters and macros. If you look in your options and see your startup directory has been redirected to your network, it is modifiable from Word’s Options, if there isn’t anything on your network you need it for. I hope this helps. Feel free to email me through my profile if you need clarification on this solution. Unfortunatly, I can’t help on the larger issue of why Word works so differently from it’s brethren…altho as I think on it, it seems to me that Powerpoint is probably more the odd man out. Word, Excel and Access all use VisualBasic code extensively to modify the appearance and functionality of documents, and in all cases that code is stored in the files. Powerpoint files, on the other hand, are fairly portable. MS even has a simple powerpoint viewer you can bundle into individual files for presentation on-the-go. Anyway, I hope this helps. I hadn’t seen anyone else suggest this yet, so I thought all might enjoy it. inkblot [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757.md?page=7)