Pete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agoFor the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processorarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1213file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlwindows11@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1213external-linkFor the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processorarstechnica.comPete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlwindows11@lemmy.ml
Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.
minus-square@djmarcone@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•1 year 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-square@abhibeckert@beehaw.orglinkfedilink8•edit-21 year 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).
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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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