Fragments From Floyd

Red and Green

This colorful shed door (full image here) is the only non-family picture out of the 150 from Missouri last week, and has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of this post. But hey, it's Friday, and I always lower my standards to the sub-basement and anything goes. (By the way, the name of state is pronounced "Missourah", just so you don't embarrass yourself with the terminal "ee" that labels you as an outsider.)

I got the word yesterday that the graduate class off campus will go "no matter what", so that takes away the nagging uncertainty about how I will invest my time and energy for the next four months. The class starts in less than three weeks, and I'll have to be up to speed, sink or swim.

And, re the PowerPoint I needed: I called the university bookstore. Yes, PP is part of Office Pro 2003 Win32. Cost to faculty and students: $11.99. With a few phone calls and some prompt action by the folks on campus, the software was waiting for me yesterday at noon, no hassle. And they will reimburse me for the expense! However...

I have an installation question for you. I want to keep Publisher from my current Office installment of Office 2002, but want to upgrade other programs to the 2003 version from the new disks I got yesterday. Should I uninstall all of 2002; install 2003; then install only Publisher 2002 back to a separate directory? I'd like the cleanest installation I can get, so if any of you have opinions (got a bellybutton?)... I'm eager to hear them. I'll need to be using PowerPoint by the weekend, if possible.

And by the way, students, if you look carefully, you'll notice that the green color in this old shed is not paint but algae, living in the moisture-soaked wood, playing its role as a "pioneer" organism. Already, some lichens have moved in on the lower right. And yes, you can expect a pop test.

UPDATE 10:00 am: Never mind. Contrary to info I had found, Office 2003 includes Publisher. All is installed and living happily on the hard drive. Now, there are new-version learning curves to deal with-- a GOOD problem, I guess.

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