I’m a distractible writer, and this is not optimal for productivity. I was relieved to find Word has all the basic tools clearly displayed at the top bar without taking up too much room, and there is always the comforting presence of the “Saving” icon as I save my work to secure cloud storage on OneDrive. While there are toolbars to expand, they were not necessary for most of the basic composition I was doing.
Also, the program is predictive. I worry about the safety of my work, and it saves it. And if I need to search for how many times I wrote “the”, the search prompt is in the bar. I needed to know what viridescent meant for a Spelling Bee I was organizing. I right-clicked and discovered it just means something that’s greenish.
Every program works like this, with tools preempting the situations that necessitate them. I found this to be true while using Excel, which felt like a constant exploration of things I wish I’d known before. Unsurprisingly, 63 per cent of companies considerFrom experimenting with the toolbar, I learned how to filter data, create a sum of values and make a rudimentary budget.