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[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Wait, it's not just me ? How can 30 year old commercial software still be this janky ?

Because its a mass of patches and cosmetic upgrades on top of 30 year old software

[-] max@feddit.nl 17 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one that doesn’t have issues with images in word.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 year ago

Have you considered the possibility that you don't exist?

[-] max@feddit.nl 22 points 1 year ago

That’d be nice sometimes.

[-] muyessir@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

You may be one of the people that format their word docs properly. I hate it when someone spams enter to create a new page.

[-] max@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Control (or command) + enter for those wondering. Or via the insert menu -> “page break”.

[-] SolarNialamide@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Damn, almost 28 years on this planet and I've just now learned that there's a very handy separate option for that. Kinda makes sense if you think about it for 5 seconds, but I just never did. I do know how to deal with images properly though, so I'm not a complete idiot.

[-] Silviecat44@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

What is this mythical feature?

[-] Master@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] axtualdave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't either. But I tend to use (La)TeX to typeset documents.

[-] max@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago
[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Can you paste an image from the clipboard and place it on the page, using a mouse, without messing up the formatting of the rest of the page in latex?

[-] max@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Not that I know of. But LaTeX is not a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. It’s a markup language.

[-] kkard2@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

yes; people that are complaining simply have a skill issue

[-] candyman337@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You can easily fix this by changing the image behavior too

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When the LaTeX document has pixel-perfect alignment with all the images and you can still add text without things jumping around.

Image

[-] ryn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

latex is sexy

[-] YourMomSaysHi@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

The hours I've spent trying to format a Word document with images or some real classy clipart.

[-] Baku@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

FR man. I spent 2 days trying to get an image to take up the whole of page 1 in a document but couldn't make it work so ended up just printing the photo out and stapling it to the rest of the document

[-] regeya@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

PSA: Word isn't layout software, it's a WYSIWYG document editor. You can change settings to make it work more like layout software, but it's better to use a layout tool if you need that.

Recently I switched to using Affinity Publisher because it did everything I needed from InDesign. The only problem being, if I want to share files with anyone, I have to make sure they also have Affinity Publisher.

[-] Baku@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I love affinity, it's really really good. And I can actually fucking own it and don't have to pay for it for the rest of my life

[-] gclawson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The woes of trying to use those little anchors or finding the right formatting. It triggers some S&M tendencies.

[-] Kururin@talk.kururin.tech 3 points 1 year ago

I swear one of these days imma blow up bill /s

[-] GoldenDoge@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SM64 Mario when some kid in the mid to late 90s tilts the cartridge

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Have you tried editing an Org chart using smart art on PowerPoint?

[-] Stan@lemmywinks.com 1 points 1 year ago

Have you tried confluence?

[-] onparole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Easily fixed by right clicking and aligning something But yes. Word is shit yo.

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

If youre adding images to a word document, you should be using publisher, not word. Thats like deciding to edit a video with photoshop instead of premiere. You could, just super inefficient.

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