My "technology specialist" status with Microsoft Office means I get questions from all sorts people about how to do stuff with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio ... (you get the idea).  Most of these come from people I work with, which leads me to think we need mandatory Office 2003 training at Microsoft. :)  Nearly as often, they come from friends outside of work.  While I was sitting in a meeting this afternoon, a good friend of mine IM'ed me with the ultimate zinger: "Why does Microsoft Word randomly move my clipart image all over the page while I'm editing?"

I've authored some of the most outrageously complicated documents using Word.  If you ask me about the 500-page academic report I wrote in Word 2002, I might even show you the photographs I took of it with my digital camera before turning it in (It was sooo beautiful!).  Frightfully detailed feature questions I can often answer from personal experience.  But if we were to talk about common annoyances with the product, I'd curl up on the floor in the fetal position within minutes.  I find picture placement in Word downright counter-intuitive, and the feature hasn't changed much over the years.  I'd love to hear suggestions for how we can make it better - my own solutions all involve computer-to-user telepathy.

Another one:  I'm as frustrated as most people are when I find the Track Changes toolbar re-appear (again) despite the collective hours of my life I must spend closing it.  Ironically, our online support points out how you can put it back in case it magically disappears.  Lovely.

What is it about Word that drives you completely batty?  More importantly, how can I cast the Track Changes toolbar back into the fiery chasm from whence it came?