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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Silence! The great Microsoft has decreed that from this day forward your documents belong to them! No dissension!

Proceed to the payment portal to pay your offerings immediately. Only those worthy enough to pay for the Extra^TM^ and Premium^TM^ tiers will be allowed to use the File menu.

[–] Technotica@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Windows!

laughs quietly in Linux

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

What if I dont use M$ account? So it is just a local user, then where does Word back up to?

[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

This is why Microsoft is making it damn near impossible to set up a new computer without logging into a Microsoft account. Luckily the OOBE trick still works (for now).

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

Cool It finally gets Google docs core functionality after only 20 years. How innovative.

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I don't get it, does Microsoft WANT everyone to stop using their products? First they fuck up their OSes, then they start planting shady shit in their OSes, and now it's down to every single goddamned piece of software they poop out! What in the fuck are they even doing!

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[–] silt_haddock@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I would love to switch to LibreOffice (or similar) but I haven’t been able to find a way to get tables to work in the same way they do in Excel, and that’s a deal breaker for me. None of the suggested approaches come close to being able to select a range, press ctrl+t and immediately be able to filter/sort/lookup using column names from anywhere in the document. I use that feature dozens of times a day, and so does everyone in my circles that deals with financial data.

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 hours ago

Jesus christ. So glad I ditched MS. It's like getting out of a cult - once you see it looking in from the outside, you finally realize how terrible it is.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Munoz backs up the decision with half a dozen advantages for saving documents to the cloud. From never losing progress and access anywhere to easy collaboration and increased security and compliance.

Munoz kept out the little details where nobody wants this and this is only a good thing for Microsoft

[–] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

LibreOffice does everything I need except that their version of Power Point (forgot the name lol) is a mess to work with in terms of making the slide deck visual appealing. Automatic guide lines, snapping and smartart, to name a few.

Thinking about onlyoffice but I'm not sure if I can trust them since I read about then trying to hide their ties to Russia.

[–] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

ODT is better than whatever abomination Microsoft calls a document format.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

im using a cracked version, i also dont have cloud for ms, no problem there.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good thing I stopped using MS WORD a long time ago.

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