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RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed (gizmodo.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed::It's truly the end of an era as we say farewell to a real one.

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[–] tabular 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Is it being replaced with something else preinstalled? What the heck do I tell Windows-using coworkers to use when it doesn't open a text documents automatically from clients??

I've installed Libreoffice but Linux has spoilt me as Windows needs a damn reboot to use it properly. I can't log back in (and one of the setups is also a damn server to the other) :/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, Notepad is still there, and even with its simplicity and other issues (which have gotten a lot better), it's always been way better for text files than WordPad

[–] tabular 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Notepad could be fine sometimes but they often have images in the documents given from our clients (who are often equally not skilled with computers).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I am sure Microsoft will just keep nagging them to take an Office 365 subscription.

[–] sfgifz 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've installed Libreoffice but Linux has spoilt me as Windows needs a damn reboot to use it properly.

You're either exaggerating or it's a problem with LibreOffice.