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Some things are not forever

One of the stranger things about this whole system (especially Microsoft's part) is that the User Interface will change to some difficult new arrangement—then change back again. A couple of days ago the Outlook icon wasn't showing up in the Apps "Waffle." Finding it required a second-click search. Then it came back again.

Other changes stay put, only to be completely revised with a new arrangement in three weeks or so.

I'm not sure why all these changes happen. They rarely reflect any true change in function—just cosmetic. What they do mean, though, is that when you open a page and things do not look as you remembered, do not panic. Just engage your Sherlock Holmes Detective side and go looking for the thing you need.

Shameless Plug: LibreOffice is a really good free word processor with a UI that doesn't change. It downloads to your computer and stays put. I've used it for a long time and love it. Here is the download link.

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