N-gated Hacker News36m ago
Oh, look! A heartfelt #tribute #to the unsung hero of word processing: the red and green squiggles guy. 🎨 Ironically, buried under a #technobabble avalanche of acronyms nobody asked for. 🤦‍♂️ #Microsoft, you sure know how to honor someone with a deluge of jargon while forgetting their name! 💡
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260622-00/?p=112451 #heroes #wordprocessing #humor #HackerNews #ngated
In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words - The Old New Thing

Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.

The Old New Thing
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseJun 4

Digital Preservation at the University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives: Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems. “The collections we work with contain disks from machines that were once used professionally but are now largely forgotten. While imaging the disks themselves was possible, none of our usual tools, or others we could find online, were able to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/digging-for-data-recovering-files-from-forgotten-word-processing-systems-university-of-cambridge-libraries/
Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems (University of Cambridge Libraries)

Digital Preservation at the University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives: Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems. “The collections we work with contain di…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Magicmix1May 28

I remember when typing in word for windows, when office came on floppy disks, that there was never, and I emphasise the word ‘never’, any delay between key press and the screen.

I was using a pentium 90 with 16 megs ram, and a 540 mb drive.

I am now running a supercomputer with a zillion teragloinks and an ssd, and the delays run up to 10 seconds on occasion.

What on earth? #pc #delay #wordprocessing

AdamMay 6

Easily Add Page Numbers In LibreOffice Writer

Learn how to add or insert page numbers in a document using LibreOffice Writer along with what are page numbers, what is a header/footer and more.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/libreoffice-writer-add-page-number/

#blog #LibreOffice #OpenSource #WordProcessing #writing

Luigi de GuzmanApr 27
This one goes out to all my fellow lawyers: guys, it is time to stop underlining text. Especially do not underline bold text. Especially do not do it with long passages of ALL CAPS. I know there may be statutes or rules that prescribe "conspicuous" text but you are making shit illegible.
#law #legaldrafting #Wordprocessing #typography
Show threadColin HaynesMar 22

@etchedpixels

#wordprocessing #commodorepet #retrocomputing

Webs InfoFeb 13

Microsoft Word lets you create, edit, and format documents easily with tools for writing, design, and productivity.
https://shorturl.fm/VwKqT

#MSWord #WordProcessing #DocumentEditing #OfficeProductivity #Microsoft365 #DigitalDocuments #OfficeTools #ProductivitySoftware #DocumentDesign

EntertainmentFeb 13

Use Microsoft Word to easily create, edit, and format documents with powerful writing, design, and productivity tools.
https://shorturl.fm/VwKqT

#MSWord #WordProcessing #DocumentEditing #OfficeProductivity #Microsoft365 #DigitalDocuments #OfficeTools #ProductivitySoftware #DocumentDesign

Info-ZoyanFeb 13

Microsoft Word enables creating, editing, and formatting documents easily with tools for writing, design, and productivity.
https://shorturl.fm/VwKqT

#MSWord #WordProcessing #DocumentEditing #OfficeProductivity #Microsoft365 #DigitalDocuments #OfficeTools #ProductivitySoftware #DocumentDesign

André KleinFeb 1
Writing is hard. Building writing tools is fun. Here is my latest obsession: a terminal-based wordprocessor with full themes, custom padding, distraction-free mode, word count & more, built with Python and Textual #terminal #writing #wordprocessing #indiedev