misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMicrosoft Word just fixed its default paste optionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaremad_asshatter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIf they’d instituted Word Perfect’s Reveal Codes (Alt+F3…ftw!) in 1993 or so, most of their issues would’ve been trivial to fix.
minus-squareterminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s still around and used. I see it most often with my lawyer clients. Hotkey templates and key words. Idk when they talk about issues it sounds like marketing buzzwords to me haha. I rarely use any word processing apps.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoIf Word had WordPerfect’s Alt+F3, I probably would have never stopped using Word. So I guess it’s for the best.
If they’d instituted Word Perfect’s Reveal Codes (Alt+F3…ftw!) in 1993 or so, most of their issues would’ve been trivial to fix.
That really was a good program.
It’s still around and used. I see it most often with my lawyer clients. Hotkey templates and key words. Idk when they talk about issues it sounds like marketing buzzwords to me haha. I rarely use any word processing apps.
If Word had WordPerfect’s Alt+F3, I probably would have never stopped using Word. So I guess it’s for the best.