much. That's why all of the "options" are in setup. Tune them to YOUR personal likings and operating way.
Wow...Have you ever taken a standard computer user through the settings of any Office suite? They stare at you as though you are speaking a different language.
Most users really don't care about options and get very frustrated when stuff "just doesn't work."
Wonder the cost of your stated "new install" of Ms Office vs Linux and OpenOffice? For the price difference I will continue to support and use Linux personally, even stating that, this is being written on a XP
As far as cost is concerned, most people don't really care that OO and Linux are free. They get a "free" version of something with their new PC that mostly meets their needs.
Am I underestimating the novice computer user? Am I making too big a deal out of one option setting here? If I am, I'll just drop it and make an "FAQ" on a post-it to change the auto-save setting. Since I am not seeing any opinions from the RedHat folks here, I think we are all wasting out time.