On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:28:30 +0100, Kenny wrote:

I thought the whole idea of wizards was to make using a program easier, in
this case it was exactly the opposite!

Do not meddle in the ways of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to
anger! g

You were under a common misconception, 'wizards' are designed to make
complex things look simple if you only want to do simple things. With
almost every program, if you want to do anything remotely out of the
ordinary (or what the wizard writer thought was ordinary) you need to
scrap the wizard and go for the real thing, as you found.

Since the program is totally free I can't complain too much but I found this
thing with the wizard very frustrating.

It's true of a lot of programs with wizards. If you're lucky the writer
has put into the wizard the things you need (an example is the Excel
chart wizard, I've never needed to do anything that doesn't support), or
will allow you to fine tune later, but many programs (like Nero) block
off a lot of useful things with the wizard. The same is true of a
number of operating systems (Windows and MacOS come to mind), they make
it difficult to "get under the hood" and do things which they thought
people wouldn't want to do...

Also it shows that sometimes with a problem like this just leaving it for a
while and coming back the next day with a clear head helps a lot.

Oh yes, always. The number of times I've been beating my head against a
wall at work, then I get in the car to drive home and the answer has hit
me before I get home, just because my mind is no longer straining at it.

(Note followup, I don't know which group you're in...)

Chris C