Re: [Tutor] Python as Application (OT now)

2005-10-30 Thread Alan Gauld
> Papers are generally poorly formatted. Things like using the space > bar or tab key to center things. Then even when the docs do open > up, the formatting is all askew. > This is one of my pet peeves. Many so called MS Office training courses barely touch on the use of paragraph formats, very f

Re: [Tutor] Python as Application (OT now)

2005-10-29 Thread Lee Harr
Sorry about misposting this here. I always mix up the tutor@ and edu-sig@ lists. I am just going to follow up two things that seem tutor related. If this seems interesting, you may want to join the edu-sig list for more... >>More frightening to me than the ubiquitous use of MS Office is the >>o

Re: [Tutor] Python as Application (OT now)

2005-10-28 Thread Alan Gauld
> >useful and I support it 100%. That he thinks what he is learning is > >Excel is absolutely unforgivable, in terms of my understanding of > >ethical norms that once prevailed in an institute of higher education. > > > > I've never worked in any workplace where anything else other > than Excel wa

Re: [Tutor] Python as Application (OT now)

2005-10-28 Thread Liam Clarke
On 10/27/05, Lee Harr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >My son is learning something about using a spreadsheet - extremely > >useful and I support it 100%. That he thinks what he is learning is > >Excel is absolutely unforgivable, in terms of my understanding of > >ethical norms that once prevailed i