Post #198893
2026-01-31 16:29 UTC
Replies (20)
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@kubica@fedia.io 2026-01-31 18:02
My problem is usually how to NOT delete the blank page because I put it there on purpose, but any moment I delete something I end up going too far and having to add it again, but then try trim some of the extra trailing lines and there we go again.
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@sheridan@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 17:30
I consider myself a Word power user. I've spent 1000s of hours in it and I know just about every obscure feature and quirk. I've designed professional corporate template suites in it. I hate it so much. It is so fucking archaic and janky. It has so many modal dialogs. There are features I need to get to regularly that are like 6 modal dialogs deep, and I have to close them all to see if the change I made was good; if not I have to go through them all over again. It has a sort of stylesheet, but it has built in styles that you can't delete if you don't need, and the inheritance hierarchy among them is a mess. Then there are "font themes" which are conceptually separate from the styles but can impact them. I could go on. All the Word alternatives aren't much better because they imitate Word too closely in my opinion. I think the approach to word processors needs to be rethought at fundamental level.
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@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2026-01-31 16:33
*What You See Is What You Get* we mumble to ourselves, a mantra we remember the words to but have forgotten the meaning of.
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@Godnroc@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 16:46
Enable hidden characters, find any odd breaks or empty paragraphs, remove them.
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@Ditti@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-31 20:43
"This page is intentionally left blank."
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@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 16:52
Trying to explain to my wife that millennials are the most technologically savvy generation in history, but she just keeps yelling back "give me the Netflix password, the TV won't turn on"
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@Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-31 16:49
Meanwhile Gen Alpha: "What is Word??"
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@trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 17:14
The trick is to not use word
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@chromeleon@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 19:40
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@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2026-01-31 22:51
My worst experience in Word has been adapting a state based Word document to municipal use. The state knows what it is doing and uses styles as a great way to organize the document to provide direction. Then the fucking county had a 60 year old secretary create a wrapper for that document and it fucking breaks everything.
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@Digit@lemmy.wtf 2026-02-01 06:57
Feels good having not used M$ Word since .... So long I don't even remember. Decades.
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@meow@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-02-01 11:04
Delete the documemt
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@derry@midwest.social 2026-01-31 18:08
Ctrl-a, del ought to do it
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@Redkey@programming.dev 2026-02-02 01:11
People can hate on Microsoft all they want, but I use LibreOffice on a regular basis and it does the same thing, for exactly the same reason. Cheers to the person who linked to the "font - hide" solution. I didn't know that one and the equivalent works LO as well.
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@Pofski@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 17:50
I usually just put the cursor behind the last word on the previous page, hold shift and click just at the end of the white space. Then press delete. Usually works.
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@mormegil@programming.dev 2026-01-31 18:33
I know this one! https://superuser.com/a/577304/65414
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@marcos@lemmy.world 2026-01-31 17:47
That one is easy. Page breaks are just some hidden code you can delete. Go try extending a numbered list with paragraph breaks inside it.
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@Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 2026-01-31 17:09
Hold delete on the previous page
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-02-01 12:23
Btw, why is there no container format for lightweight markups? So you can carry embedded media with it...
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@Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-31 20:40
I am also an engineer, so my kids have had contact with advanced IT equipment since early childhood and are quite proficient by now. :-) We also have a Chromebook with touchscreen at home, mainly so they can comfortably use some Android apps in a controlled environment (the 9 yo doesn't yet have a smartphone of her own). Chromebooks in school are not really a thing here in Germany afaik. Both kids have an account on our Linux desktop in our work/office room. This is set up with a special German DNS that provides age-group appropriate filtered hostlists ("jusprog"). To integrate that I used dnsmasq, which lets me easily modify the filters if needed. It's not perfect, as it could be easily circumvented, but we talk openly about it and I try to minimize severe restrictions, so they feel no need to tamper with it. The kids are sometimes a little annoyed when something new doesn't work directly, but know that this is the way that allows them to use the PC relative freely, so they are quite happy with the arrangement for now. We also have a Linux Laptop and a tiny Mini-PC with Linux Mint attached to the TV, both of which they are only allowed to use with some supervision. Edit: They have some games that can be used with their accounts (the usual, Luanti, Supertux, Tuxracer). The more complex Games are on a special account for which they don't have the password themselves, but have to ask for access. Older kid just got really involved in playing Oblivion, so proud! ;-)