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Oh my fucking God. Why do I have to be so attuned to Microsoft Word?

This is a screenshot of a list. Except you can't tell it's a list. It somehow managed to hose the style to just... show a black rectangle for the numbering. What I set it up to do is automatic list numbering. Not whatever the flying fried fuckbucket this is.
Feb 10, 2024 at 4:39pmWeb
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
Word, how did you even manage to screw this up? How?!
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
Saved the file. Closed Word. Word won't open the file anymore citing corruption. I'm seeing an unclosed XML tag. Closing it somewhere that seems reasonable makes it unhappy, too.

I'm not getting paid enough for this shit. LibreOffice, your font rendering might be unbearable to look at godawful, but at least you've never failed me quite like this.
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
Apparently, this is a common error that I was just lucky enough not to encounter until now. Supposedly, this can be fixed permanently by defining a new list and hoping it works (doesn't work for everyone) or by saving as Word 2003 (wouldn't have worked in my case, I have equations and those don't survive the round trip).
Show threadBex B. Sc.Feb 10, 2024
@rq \LaTeX
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
@sanity It feels off, honestly. I can't tell you why, it just is the most awkward shit to write
Show threadBex B. Sc.Feb 10, 2024
@rq \LaTeX has never done anything that I wasn't able to fix. Especially when formulas are involved, both Microsoft and LibreOffice are a pain. I had LibreOffice eat my formulas whole because of a single syntax error.
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
@sanity I'm not saying some variant of TeX would be more reasonable in terms of being sure that I get output. I'm saying that it's so awkward to write TeX that I'd rather not write at all than put up with it
Show thread@Dwarf :borg_logo:Feb 10, 2024
@rq @sanity git gud
t. wrote my thesis in it
Show thread *Aya Freya ⋆.˚🦦⋆ - NeptuwuniumFeb 10, 2024
@rq aren't docx files compressed
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
@ada Just fancy zip files
Show threadKuru Kuru  (Very Evilz, don't trust)Feb 10, 2024
@rq is this the new BSD thing?
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
@ahhhhhhoniichan What new BSD thing?
Show threadKuru Kuru  (Very Evilz, don't trust)Feb 10, 2024
@rq someone shared this yesterday, I think it is new
Show threadrqsdFeb 10, 2024
@ahhhhhhoniichan My OP has nothing to do with that, but that is still funny