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nadinbrzezinski

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14. I have used it

Reply to Gorp (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:02 PM

Feb 2013

But some copies of word have fits.

One local paper plainly out said...don't send the file, copy and paste. They don't want to deal with it any longer.

And this explains the rise of text and multi markdown editors.

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Ah the joys of word processing... [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 OP

and the spell check obviously doesn't work nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #1

chocking is a word NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #2

Is sceaming? n/t zappaman Feb 2013 #3

oops no, missed that one NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #4

No worries! zappaman Feb 2013 #8

.... NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #9

Grate Joob! n/t zappaman Feb 2013 #10

beggining cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #24

Back at ya! zappaman Feb 2013 #27

LAMO! B2G Feb 2013 #7

It amuses me that LibreOffice is better at opening old MS Office files... Recursion Feb 2013 #5

Microsoft has actually been advocating for HTML5 for some time now. trotsky Feb 2013 #6

I've already ended Flash on my personal computers. hunter Feb 2013 #15

On the plus side, Open Office actually DOES open and save in obsolete M$ formats. Gorp Feb 2013 #11

I have used it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #14

Geeze, most papers have been copy/paste submissions for a few years. Gorp Feb 2013 #16

Not exactly what I meant nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #19

Ours only takes electronic submissions now. Life has gotten strange. Gorp Feb 2013 #20

Between viruses and what version of ...XML are you using? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #21

XML is a protocol. It really hasn't changed much in ten years. Gorp Feb 2013 #28

XML 10 handles graffics better than 07 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #30

Planned obsolescence perhaps? tarheelsunc Feb 2013 #12

That is my suspicion nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #13

Corporations have no reason to upgrade to Office 2013. Jazzgirl Feb 2013 #17

It makes zero sense nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #18

I just saw Win8 yesterday. It blows moose cock. I couldn't even find the damn control panel. Gorp Feb 2013 #22

It took practice nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #23

I'm so glad I don't have to think about this stuff anymore, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #25

I got no choice nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #26

I loved Word Perfect. RebelOne Feb 2013 #29

That happened in the law firm I worked for, too. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #31

Photoshop is not ms product nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #32