#this is about Microsoft word

[demiboydemon]

I miss when you could just pay for something once. Now you have to rent everything like ‘this computer program is $25 a month’ what happened to buying a CD and owning the software forever???

#this is about Microsoft word #And other writing software #And language learning software #And video games #And music lessons #And homeschool learning software #and music #and tv shows #and for things to not have ads #And so many other things #capitalism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #fuck capitalism #and games in general

[mostlyonthefloor]

Why do things cost money can people advise

#this is about microsoft word #fucker decided fuck you: you cant write on your WRITING DOCUMENT ANYMORE #NOT UNTIL YOU PAY ME SOME MONEY #LIKE FUCK YOU

[stonecoldsilly]

listen my boy big b plays an evil guy for less than 30 seconds and I start sweating profusely

#feeling some type of way about a FONT #times new roman my new husband #opening microsoft word and kicking my feet #evil=hot i don’t make the rules #he’s just that good at being bad #make some noise #noise boys #dropout #zac oyama #brennan lee mulligan

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

Reminder not to take this too serious. It’s a silly little tumblr poll, be kind to each other and have a good time.

#they have too many programs with blue and green icons so I used the yellow one for publisher ok #ms office #microsoft #ms word #ms powerpoint #ms excel #ms Publisher #ms Access #outlook #onenote #my stuff #my polls #was thinking about PowerPoint and ended up with this poll

[rapono-writes-stuff]

Almost had a mental breakdown because my Microsoft word app logged me out and then proceeded to crash anytime I tried to edit or make a new document.

#Also if you're asking 'why not just use Google docs?' #I HATE the formatting on Google docs. #something about it pokes my brain in an uncomfy way. #meanwhile Microsoft word mobile view at 70% zoom hits just right #anyways it works now. I think. I hope. #I still badly need to get a new phone but you know how it is with adhd. endless procrastination. #Also side note I'm not paying shit for my Microsoft app #it came built into my phone (free version?) (I don't need whatever extra stuff they got; I make do with the basics.)

[mad-madam-m]

So I was chatting with @kalira last night and we got to talking about older file formats and programs (because we started writing on Ye Olde Computers), and I mentioned how my very first fics are all in .wri format, which was the old Microsoft Write program from like...Windows 3.1. I had converted a couple of those old documents to .doc and .rtf back in the early aughts, but there were probably 6 or 7 that I’d never converted, which was Not Great as time marched on and .wri files became deprecated.

Over the past ~10 years, literally nothing I have tried would open those files; all the Microsoft stuff I can find basically says to use WordPad, which will (technically) open the files, but they are chock-full of so many random characters that they’re virtually unusable. I figured I’d have to manually pull the content out of each one, but as these are all novel-length stories...uh...that was going to be an Intensive Process.

Anyway, after that, I woke up this morning thinking that, hey, it’s been a few years since I’ve tried; I should search again and see if I can find anything that can open .wri files so I can save them in a newer, readable format.

What I found was an article that said, basically, “try LibreOffice.” The most recent review I found said that it would open most legacy file types, and honestly as long as it would 1) open them in a readable format and 2) let me copy-paste them into a new Word doc, then I was going to be a happy camper.

So I installed it, figuring what the hell, and used it to open the oldest .wri file on my system, a Star Wars fic.

And for the first time in nearly 20 years, I could READ MY FIRST FANFIC.

I’ve now opened and saved all of those old files as .docx files, so God willing, they should be readable for a long time to come.

So this is just a reminder: if you have old files that you haven’t converted to a newer format, do that before you (potentially) lose that ability entirely. And if you have legacy file types like .wri files specifically, give LibreOffice a try to get them open again.

#M rambles #about M #these old fanfics will never see the light of day #I just wanted them available for my own sake #I like to see how far I've come with my writing #also God help me if Microsoft ever transitions to using something other than Word and .doc/.docx files #because the number of files I will have to convert at that point is uhhhhh #A Lot

[overtake]

content for a very small audience but i was experiencing major deja vu when daniel posted this

#i need my laptop back so badly i am going crazy without it #apple needs to get it back to me FAST #i could be gifing but instead i’m comparing ashton irwin and his brother to daniel and his nephew #something about the photos was just SO SIMILAR #but seriously i will die without my laptop #i use it for everything it is my best friend #i use it for tumblr and discord and twitter and reddit and obviously i am literally just always working on some kinda gifset or project #i have 80 million tabs open #i watch all my youtube and tv on my laptop #i miss her so much #i had to write a full essay on my ipad today #do u know how annoying it is to do mcgill guide footnotes on ipad microsoft word #my cat will suffer for what she did (be given endless love appreciation and kisses and experience zero consequeces) #i’m also very sick rn so i’m really just stream of consciousness-ing here #my grip on reality is quite loose #i need to eat some soup and go to bed

[dravidious]

Typing Tips That I Stumbled Upon Randomly:

The Ctrl key lets you jump between words really quickly. If you hold Ctrl and press the left or right arrow keys, instead of moving your cursor 1 character you'll move it a whole word; if you want to edit that word that's 3 words back, you can just hold Ctrl and left-left-left, and you're there.

Even more useful in my opinion, if you hold Ctrl and press Backspace you'll delete the entire word you're on. That's just really nifty because a lot of the time when you're deleting you want to delete the whole word, so this is much faster.

Also, idk how well-known this is but holding Shift and moving your cursor will make you highlight any characters you move over. That's useful on its own, but combining that with Ctrl lets you quickly highlight whole words or sentences, so you can easily copy+paste them. You can also hold Shift to edit any selections you made with your mouse or something.

Also it took me too long to realize that the Home and End keys are actually really nice sometimes. Home takes you to the start of the line you're on, and End takes you to the end. Hold Shift while doing that and you can highlight the whole line. Very nice for programming. Also holding Ctrl and pressing Home or End takes you to the top or bottom of the page, but I barely use that.

A similarly useful key that I also overlooked is the Delete key. It's like the Backspace key, but it deletes the character in front of your cursor instead of behind it. Just like with Backspace Ctrl+Delete lets you delete a whole word in front of your cursor.

Also Ctrl+A lets you highlight the whole page.

Also even when you're not typing and instead just browsing a web page or something, you still technically have a cursor; if you click a piece of text, then hold Shift and press the arrow keys, you'll start highlighting text.

Practice Exercise: Click on the t in this word, then hold Shift and press left and right on the arrow keys! Now try holding Ctrl+Shift while you press the arrow keys! Hold Shift and press Home or End! Hold Shift and use your mouse to left-click on different spots in the paragraph and see how your selection changes!

#original #i had to use microsoft excel for the first time today and it SUCKED i had NO IDEA how to do ANYTHING #and i though “this is probably so much easier if you know the keyboard shortcuts” #and then i realized how much Secret Knowledge i have that make typing and stuff way easier #so i figured it would be nice to make sure my followers can also make typing faster and easier #also i wrote the practice exercise before realizing that most people use tumblr mobile lol #also there's some weird details that i didn't include #ctrl+backspace only deletes the part of the word that's behind the cursor #so if you're in the middle of a word it will only delete part of it #also ctrl+arrow keys sometimes doesn't skip a whole word #like with apostrophes like in “you're” sometimes it will stop at the apostrophe #depends on the text editor you're using #like on my favorite text app Notepad ctrl+arrows will always move past the whole word without stopping #except it DOES stop at hyphens like “ha-ha” but idk whether hyphenated words are technically separate words #oh FUCK yeah i spelled separate correctly without even slowing down or thinking about it! i'm learning! #it'd be really funny if all this stuff is just common knowledge and i posted the equivalent of “dark souls tip: attacks deal damage”

[basicallyjustmuggleremuslupin]

EMERGENCY

does anyone have an idea what you can do when your word document is supposed to be autosaved to onedrive but the last version they give you is missing several hours of work? is there a way of getting all these missing words back?

i'm genuinely freaking out right now, word apparently didn't save 6 hours of work on an essay that is due tomorrow.

if anyone has any ideas at all, please tell me!!

thank you <3

#crying and shaking while typing this #please contact me if you have any ideas #cay being dramatic #(rightly so) #cay whining about shit #college #university #word #onedrive #microsoft #microsoft 365

[thebirdandhersong]

This is a sneak peek at the back of the final cover (...that's the plan, at least) of the Fittes fic! I AM indeed printing out a copy for myself. Since I clearly have nothing to do (i.e. badly need a project despite being quite busy with summer school), I thought I might design the cover myself.

The character designs are based on books/show/fandom interpretation...... with some variation on my part (i.e. making Ned the tallest, making Bobby the most Baby I could make him without completely changing style).

#I love you all who are bookbinders and who bookbind for fun however i have no patience or an available printer! #so i spent most of the week wrestling with indesign instead of wrestling with microsoft word........ it made sense in my head at the time #anyway this is going to be the back of the final cover! #i WAS going to put the whole team on the front part but i can't draw full body people and i wasn't about to struggle through #it four times with anatomical incorrectness staring me in the face #so the cover will only have kipps on it #songbird's year of feeling 22 #fittes fic shenanigans #this is like. the other one but in colour by the way

[roselightfairy]

Excuse me, Microsoft Word? You think I should maybe use the word "prize" there, a word which means "treasure" when used as a verb? You think perhaps the word "pries," the third-person singular present active indicative form of the word "pry," should replace "prise," the infinitive of an entirely different word? You think you know how WORDS work?

#microsoft word #why do all these computer softwares think they can PRESUME to tell me how to write #my wips #splinter sect au #now tumblr is ALSO underlining prise??? #what is WRONG with people all my technology is gaslighting me about my knowledge of vocabulary

[odiemodie16]

fuck you microsoft word I hate you so much why do you make life so difficult

#ms word #my file didnt save properly now i gotta talk to my professor about it #it also added random blank pages into my final pdf file #i would use google docs but i dont want my writing being used for ai training #so now i gotta use this ancient outdated pos app instead #screaming crying tearing my hair out #microsoft #word

[amomentwiser]

God why don't they teach taxes and finance in school. I'm 22 and my search history looks like: "Investing for beginners dummies absolute noobs dweebs 5 year old baby." If anyone uses the word equity I will throw up

#i don't know anything about anything #makes me wanna cry fr #why can't I just go to amazon and buy shares #just want a little bit of Microsoft and Apple #and theu talk about “when do you want to retire” and “10 years from now” like bitch I can't even imagine that far #i just wanna live in a cottage by the woods #the FUCK is a mutual fund i hate that word #finance #investing #relatable

[a-curious-studyblr]

#i didnt KNOWW :0 #i was about to type my figures out one by one LMAOO #pro tip! #studyblr #studyspo #study tips #microsoft word #thesis #dissertation #essay #essay writing #thesis writing #dissertation writing #writing

[toilethamster]

i thought i’d made a normal amount of weird things over the easter holiday but it turns out i just forgot some

why revise when you can make weird things to show your friend

#just been reminded of my compilation of every time jgy looks distressed in episode 26 of the untamed #and i still have three days to add to the list #you’ve got: the powerpoint of every outfit every character in the untamed wears; a powerpoint comparing empathy scenes & their equivalents; #the 3000 word essay based on that; the cambridge au graduation drawings; the sunnydale au plan in progress; distressed jgy compliation; #jgy appearances spreadsheet in the works; oh god forgot about the untamed as hamilton lyrics powerpoint; the drawing of all the jgy aus; #the untamed as barbie in the 12 dancing princesses character plan; 3zun as victorian gentlemen sketch; #on a non fandom note i have a half finished decoupage box; and a painting of my friend; plus some worldbuilding #huh #possibly i have done a lot over the holiday #microsoft office certainly thinks so bc it does not want to open

[sodamnbored]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF AN UNSAVED WORD DOCUMENT CAN BE RECOVERED AFTER A CRASH??

My fic hangs in the balance here.

I’ve tried the auto saved recovery recent backup thing but it’s still missing like a page of progress and now I’m depressed. I don’t think it can be salvaged, but if anybody knows any computer tricks I’d love you forever.

#help meeee #please and thank you #word #computer help #Microsoft #Microsoft word #computer trouble #unsaved document #fic in distress #I feel like my life is over 😭 #I WAS ABOUT TO HIT SAVE WHEN IT CRASHED #I’m so MAD about that #I don’t wanna have to rewrite it 😫 I won’t remember it like the first time