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Microsoft word update messes up exams in Denmark (www.dr.dk)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Sorry for the Danish post i hope you can translate it.

The Ministry warns that Microsoft programs can create problems for written exams for students with Mac computers.

Users who have updated the programs to the latest version may experience the programs running slowly, freezing and crashing. This means that the examinees are delayed in their work and that parts of the answers risk being lost, write the Agency for Education and Quality and the Agency for IT and Learning in a notice to schools.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

"Use löpande backups" I mean isn't that built in? Could they just use something else? Like LibreOffice is a thing that exists.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Both Microsoft Office and LibreOffice seem like a lot of moving parts unless the goal is to rate people on desktop publishing. I mean, anything that permits for text entry should work.

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