Word and Powerpoint are not the worst - just think about all the time lost due to whatever Microsoft is doing in Teams or by random decisions like moving the start button to the middle instead of leaving it where it was since 1995, which automatically renders every corporate training video obsolete.
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tias@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks agoI think about the productivity lost because people use Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint every day. Maybe even multiple times a day.
Obelix@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Sure, Teams is horrible - but at least it only affects people who use Teams. Whereas the abysmal UI and worthless templates in MS Word affects every person who has to read anything produced with MS Word too. It’s designed to make documents ugly and hard to read.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Most applications would be fine with plain text, some could use markdown, some would need org-mode, a bit further something like HTML or word-perfect format.
pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
LaTeX
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Pain in all holes to use as a daily WYSIWYG-edited format.