dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square469fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down125cross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldtaqueros@mujico.orghackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.social
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square469fedilinkcross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldtaqueros@mujico.orghackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.social
minus-squareandysteakfries@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWeb-based Word is free.
minus-squareowiseedoubleyou@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoBut it’s shit.
minus-squarefloppydisk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYeah, every time I’ve used word online it seems to find a new way to completely fuck up the document
minus-squareMorcyphr@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd you must create a Microsoft account
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, it’s kind of point. It shouldn’t have to be but just like Apple, make the non-payed version unnecessarily shit, artificially limited and constrained so people pay for the premium tier.
minus-squareandysteakfries@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt works well for basic stuff that a free user might want to use it for. I prefer it to Google Docs by a wide margin.
minus-squareandysteakfries@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIs sure is. The Android and iOS apps are free as well.
Web-based Word is free.
But it’s shit.
Yeah, every time I’ve used word online it seems to find a new way to completely fuck up the document
And you must create a Microsoft account
Yeah, it’s kind of point. It shouldn’t have to be but just like Apple, make the non-payed version unnecessarily shit, artificially limited and constrained so people pay for the premium tier.
It works well for basic stuff that a free user might want to use it for. I prefer it to Google Docs by a wide margin.
Wh… No it isn’t.
Is sure is.
The Android and iOS apps are free as well.