Nick Harkaway @harkaway.bsky.social

It’s getting to the point where the publishing industry should probably be looking at alternatives to its frankly pathological dependency on Microsoft Word.

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Gavin Wilde @gavinwilde.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

"You get what you pay for" never rang more true.

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🥾🛶OctopusMask🏕️🔦 @octopusmask.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

Any microsoft applications that I find on the open web is freeware. Got it.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:57 UTC

I mean, Word is really good in a lot of ways. It’s just that MS is making it unreasonably risky to use it.

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Johnathan Reid @reiditwrite.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 00:32 UTC

No-one has spotted yet that I use LibreOffice. The MS Word obsession was a revelation to me when I started creative writing. B2B interfaced industries which publish large volumes don't do this, instead relying on strict XML formats using DTD/XSD within a variety of compliant vendor publishing tools.

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Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Google Docs is just as bad. There really isn't a great alternative unless you use a Mac. I have to use Word because track changes doesn't go across software and my clients use it. So I've never really looked at Pages...

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Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:42 UTC

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Lady3jane @plinkfm.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:48 UTC

Yes! Used WordPerfect back in the day and would use it again if it was acceptable. Corel still sells it.

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Menger Spongebob (🌕 SOFT-LANDED) @menger-spongebob.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

do real people use word? i thought all the serious stuff was done in tex these days

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Nick Harkaway @harkaway.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

Seriously: if your model relies on IP, you can’t really source your digital infrastructure from an entity whose stated policy is that IP is garbage.

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@postsenjoyer.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

What no Humanities does to a mfer

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