I generally let Word do the job - although I do know the formula and used to use it.

Heh. I've been using Word for about 20 years and never noticed that option before (although I'd guess it wasn't included in the DOS versions I used at first)!

I've not known about it either. I can't wait to put some of my articles into it!

I never knew that was there either! What a great little tool--though I had to search though the help menu to find it. Very handy. Thanks.

Richard, as for your press release, there are two reasons to write a press release: either to make it so interesting that the newspaper will publish the information as you sent it, or to make it so intriguing and interesting that the editor will actually decide to send someone to cover it (even better than just reprinting what you wrote.) Of course, you want them to run the release as written so as to attract participants, but since your event sounds as if it might make a fun feature, your release might also draw a reporter to the first quiz night, giving you a "double whammy" for your efforts. So I would just write it as you think it should be written, and then (sigh) if the people who requested that you do it take a blue pencil to it--that's just one of those "oh well--I tried" situations that you can't do anything about. The bane of a PR person's existence.

Wordmatic

This article from the Tribune has some good stories about the following 4 famous quotes:

1) "Go ahead...make my day." (from "Sudden Impact")

2) "There's no crying in baseball." (from "A League of Their Own")

3) "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." (from "Cool Hand Luke")

4) "Mama always said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get'." (from "Forrest Gump")

A report of a news story rather than the story itself.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, no comments about art. It was just the wrongheadedness of the legal action that amused me. And the threat in the ransom note.

I have already said that I won't comment about art since it always arouses ire in some of those who post here. I will discuss art - any kind of art - only when we have agreed on a definition of art.

I will say that, looking at this article and some of the comments posted, it seems that Damien Hirst's conceptual art appears trigger stupidity wherever it appears. Which is fine for him, of course - even more money into his already inflated bank account.

I am not discussing art, but I love how some of those who post here can tell you they are not writing about art when in fact they do. Good show! I have nothing to say about the link which I did not even bother to click through on.

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I've been using Word for about 20 years and never noticed that option before

What is it called and where do I find it?

Oh come on. Surely somebody apart from me finds this funny.
An art student uses a picture of Hirst's jewel encrusted skull in a collage, Hirst threatens to sue for breach of copyright, the collage is withdrawn, the student steals a box of pencils from a work by Hirst and holds them to ransom saying he will "sharpen them" if his work isn't returned, Hirst threatens further legal action claiming the box of pencils are, because they are part of his work, worth half a million quid. The student was arrested - as was his father on suspicion of "harbouring the pencils".

Surely a slightly better approach from Hirst would been not to complain in the first place and if he had to complain to just replace the pencils with another packet brought for a couple of quid from any good stationery shop.

None of this has anything to do with art, just to do with someone taking a high-handed position that is more likely to bring ridicule than reward.

Well, I thought it was funny.
So there!

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I've been using Word for about 20 years and never noticed that option before

What is it called and where do I find it?

What version of Word are you using?

2003

Less funny than pathetic, Bob. It sounds as if his spine is wired backwards, with the bum at the top and the head at the bottom.

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Surely a slightly better approach from Hirst would been not to complain in the first place and if he had to complain to just replace the pencils with another packet brought for a couple of quid from any good stationery shop.

None of this has anything to do with art, just to do with someone taking a high-handed position that is more likely to bring ridicule than reward.

Indeed. It has nothing to do with art - even the productions that Damien Hirst has managed to convince some people are art - it has everything to do with promoting himself and adding to his already obscene fortune.

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What is it called and where do I find it?

I think it's the same in most versions. Go to tools, options, spelling and grammar and tick the "show readability statistics" rubric.

It has nothing to do with art - even the productions that Damien Hirst has managed to convince some people are art

I see what does "I have already said that I won't comment about art since it always arouses ire in some of those who post here" mean to you Richard? What was that term that Sir Winston once used? Ah, yes, a "terminological inexactitude".

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Go to tools, options, spelling and grammar and tick the "show readability statistics" rubric.

I have everything except that last option in my version.

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I see what does "I have already said that I won't comment about art since it always arouses ire in some of those who post here" mean to you Richard? What was that term that Sir Winston once used? Ah, yes, a "terminological inexactitude".

My comment has nothing to do with art; it has everything to do with the Damien Hirst con machine and, I suppose, by extension, the others in the "modern art" movement who, by judicious manipulation of the market and media, manage to persuade otherwise sensible human beings to pay stupid sums of money for complete rubbish.

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I have everything except that last option in my version.

That's bad news; I can only assume the option has been taken away since it's in my ancient W2000 and was in all my previous versions. Of course, it might be an optional extra that you need to specifically install when you set up Word.

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I see what does "I have already said that I won't comment about art since it always arouses ire in some of those who post here" mean to you Richard? What was that term that Sir Winston once used? Ah, yes, a "terminological inexactitude".

My comment has nothing to do with art; it has everything to do with the Damien Hirst con machine and, I suppose, by extension, the others in the "modern art" movement who, by judicious manipulation of the market and media, manage to persuade otherwise sensible human beings to pay stupid sums of money for complete rubbish.

I'm sorry to say this Richard, but if this isn't a comment on "art" then I'm a Martian jelly baby.
Now can we knock it off, please? I only posted because I thought the "return my art or I'll sharpen your pencils" was funny. I wish I hadn't bothered.

It's not a comment about art, it is a comment on Damien Hirst's successful con - which I agree, is based on his "art". I'll talk about Bernie Madoff's con if you prefer - he seems to have done even better than Hirst which certainly proves something about the public's gullibility.

As I said, I'll discuss art per se when we can agree on a definition of art - but until this happens I'll not discuss art.

As the originator of this section of the thread I would like to request that it be either separated and locked or deleted (simply as a precaution). One day I'll learn.

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I will lock it, Bob. I agree. This is a very long thread anyway, and I'll just start a new thread for newspaper articles. Thanks for thinking of the best interests of this community.