Goodbye Microsoft Clipboard

Microsoft Word is a huge program seemingly offering something for everyone and every circumstance. It has grown so large, in fact, that we believe it is becoming musclebound, less able to perform basic functions even as its features list grows. Six months ago we began collecting reports of infrequent and seemingly random failures affecting a…

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The Service Center Continues to Grow

Our online Service Center has proven itself, with more than 500 articles and videos that cover nearly every question—but never all!—that can occur about using our software. The Service Center is designed to fit the user, with five different learning channels: everything from printed user manuals ranging from one to 200 pages, to hierarchical “classes”…

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A Very Good Point

When we started the market research that eventually led to TheFormTool, we noticed the same failing that so disturbs Mr. Coker. The largest firm, at least at the time, was the major transgressor. Here is just a portion of his terrific comment on the approach some firms take. One of my pet peeves in this…

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One Billion Trillion

Numbers, to the extent they convey information, can be fascinating. Prior to the introduction of Doxserá DB 4.0, we had never heard the term “zettabyte” and had no clue as to its meaning or the magnitude it describes. Until then, the largest numbers in our experience were those used to describe federal spending, trillions. A…

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