Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoFor the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processorarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkFor the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processorarstechnica.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.ml
Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.
minus-squaredjmarcone@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoTbf I haven’t used wordpad for a very long time. If ever. I avoid it because if I’m editing a text file wordpad would just mess it up. Maybe if it’s an rtf file I need wordpad. But word is available.
minus-squareabhibeckert@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-210 months ago But word is available. Not for me. It’s just too expensive for a task that I very rarely need and there are good free alternatives (like Wordpad - though that’s not the one I use personally).
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-27 months ago[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
Tbf I haven’t used wordpad for a very long time. If ever.
I avoid it because if I’m editing a text file wordpad would just mess it up.
Maybe if it’s an rtf file I need wordpad.
But word is available.
Not for me. It’s just too expensive for a task that I very rarely need and there are good free alternatives (like Wordpad - though that’s not the one I use personally).
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