27-02-2021, 07:32 PM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by susiejaeger
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ST, are you using WORD? If so, you have tools in the header, which gives you the fonts styles and types.
28-02-2021, 09:19 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Ciderman
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I recently got a new PC with Windows 10. I used my back up to transfer data but it wouldn't work with MS Works. I'm now stuck with the shambles of MS Office and had to take out a $10 a month MSoft payment. MS Works was much better.
https://www.online-tech-tips.com/sof...-best-for-you/
https://www.autotechint.com/libreoffice-32
Some information on alternatives to Microsoft Works:
https://alternativeto.net/software/microsoft-works/
28-02-2021, 10:19 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Baz46
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No personal experience of using LibreOffice but people I know use it as an alternative to MS Works and MS Office without problems. Others on here might also use it and it's free to download so could save you $10 a month:
Personally I am stuck with MS Office because of its Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
I am too old or too lazy to learn Python, Java or even the new M$ Typescript so continue to need MS Ofiice for its VBA
28-02-2021, 10:28 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Ciderman
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I recently got a new PC with Windows 10. I used my back up to transfer data but it wouldn't work with MS Works. I'm now stuck with the shambles of MS Office and had to take out a $10 a month MSoft payment. MS Works was much better.
Rather than buying new, I use WordPad, Windows 10's simplified version of word.
If I need anything posher, I simply copy and paste into my DTP package and go from there.
28-02-2021, 10:36 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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I do use LibreOffice (I used to teach its use) and it is excellent for most office suite users.Personally I am stuck with MS Office because of its Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
I am too old or too lazy to learn Python, Java or even the new M$ Typescript so continue to need MS Ofiice for its VBA
I've been learning all kinds of technology, computer systems and programs since 1982 and find I never stop learning. A time does come though where the enthusiasm does wane a little, perhaps that is my euphemism for "too old or too lazy". These days, in my mid-seventies, the 'old grey matter' doesn't seem to absorb / retain information quite as readily as it once did!
28-02-2021, 10:45 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Baz46
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You are quite obviously well placed to know about LibreOffice. I know nothing about Microsoft or VBA as I use Apple Macs. What I did know was people who use LibreOffice are pleased with it, so thought I would pass that on if any help.I've been learning all kinds of technology, computer systems and programs since 1982 and find I never stop learning. A time does come though where the enthusiasm does wane a little, perhaps that is my euphemism for "too old or too lazy". These days, in my mid-seventies, the 'old grey matter' doesn't seem to absorb information quite as readily as it once did!
01-03-2021, 09:57 AM
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Re: Word processing.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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I think MS Office, Office 365 and VBA has been available for Apple Computers including Macs since the 1990s ( well, the Office Suite anyway).
Not long after purchasing the iMac a deal was had on a new MacBook Pro laptop where Microsoft Office:Mac / Office and student was part of the deal. The Microsoft Office was never used though,
by then it was mostly PhotoShop, InDesign and QuarkXpress, then I fully retired so that’s all history.
All that does remain is the ability to touch-type, probably the most useful skill remaining from those long-ago days.
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