dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square208linkfedilinkarrow-up1852arrow-down120cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·3 years agoNot all of us have Word, and Notepad doesn’t have rich text or the ability to open .doc files.
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·3 years agoLibreOffice is free
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down6·3 years agoAnd huge. And bloated, if you only need simple functionality.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoAbiword is pretty nice and not too bloated from what I remember
minus-squaresomedaysoon@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 years agoAbiword is FOSS and would be my choice over Word anyway.
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 years agoIt has been literally twenty years since I last heard any mention of Abiword!
minus-squaresomedaysoon@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoI probably haven’t thought if it for like 10 years myself but this post reminded me of it. I remember maybe 15 years ago using a portable version of it on a USB drive, and it was amazing.
Not all of us have Word, and Notepad doesn’t have rich text or the ability to open .doc files.
LibreOffice is free
And huge. And bloated, if you only need simple functionality.
Abiword is pretty nice and not too bloated from what I remember
Abiword is FOSS and would be my choice over Word anyway.
It has been literally twenty years since I last heard any mention of Abiword!
I probably haven’t thought if it for like 10 years myself but this post reminded me of it. I remember maybe 15 years ago using a portable version of it on a USB drive, and it was amazing.