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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWordpad always seemed like an annoying and unnecessary half-step between notepad and word to me.
minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWord is now so bloated that I fear using it. It’s nice to have Wordpad.
minus-squarewerefreeatlast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoT Ah. Are you trying to write about Theodore Roosevelt? Bing can help! The Here are 10,000 links to Theodore Roosevelt The fox…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAs if Clippy wasn’t doing that 25 years ago.
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt was very niche, but it’s great for viewing docs or other light work on a system you don’t want to install a whole office suite onto.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou can still do that but it’s through word webview. Some people won’t like that option.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t want to install “word webview” on a server in order to look at a large log file or peruse some XML.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou don’t, it’s a browser. You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.
Wordpad always seemed like an annoying and unnecessary half-step between notepad and word to me.
Word is now so bloated that I fear using it. It’s nice to have Wordpad.
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Ah. Are you trying to write about Theodore Roosevelt? Bing can help!
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Here are 10,000 links to Theodore Roosevelt
The fox…
As if Clippy wasn’t doing that 25 years ago.
It was very niche, but it’s great for viewing docs or other light work on a system you don’t want to install a whole office suite onto.
You can still do that but it’s through word webview. Some people won’t like that option.
I don’t want to install “word webview” on a server in order to look at a large log file or peruse some XML.
You don’t, it’s a browser. You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.