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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 33 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Not all of us have Word, and Notepad doesn’t have rich text or the ability to open .doc files.

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  • [–] 56 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    LibreOffice is free

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Except it will nuke .docx formatting. Same in reverse.
    I make templates for my clients and I always tell them not to open and save in any other client other than OpenOffice.
    Even Libre does nuke some parts to some extend...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not that bad and always improving. I inter operate the two every day.

    OpenOffice is a dead project.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Every time I open anything open office in Word everything is scattered as is usally with the Word meme when moving a picture 2mm.

    Libre aint much better. Also I prefer the OpenOffice design. Libre might be more modern and that's usually what I prefer but I feel like OO is more efficient with it's menu.

    Can't beat the menu ribbon from Word/Office though.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Have you tried the Libreoffice ribbon menu?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    No as my work is using open office and Ihad some issues creating them with libre and then using it in OO.
    Outaide of that we have M365 and have no need to go Libre as I can't see me spending time to relearn it at work.

    Sounds good though. If I am ever switching to FOSS in that department, I am willing to take a look.
    I really like the form options and export to pdf of OO/Libre.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    You’re assuming everyone is a power user. There will be thousands of people who won’t have an alternative and think that paying for word is the only option.

    This is to fuck over the casual computer user who doesn’t know better or alternatives. Microsoft already knows that more informed users like us are a lost cause to upsell.

    This is also why they tried that “malware” pop up to get people to go back to Edge. To once again, fuck over uninformed users.

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