Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoFor the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processorarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-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-squareabhibeckert@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·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).
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoMicrosoft wants you to use Word online. It’s free if you have a Microsoft account, like Google Docs is. You can’t associate local docx or rtf files with Word online, though, which they really should’ve done before nuking their preinstalled docx editor.
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).
Microsoft wants you to use Word online. It’s free if you have a Microsoft account, like Google Docs is.
You can’t associate local docx or rtf files with Word online, though, which they really should’ve done before nuking their preinstalled docx editor.