T5 CCR + F Computer programs
Jun 16, 2011, 7:28 am
#3
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Really? I think Paint (and other simple programs like WordPad etc) has been on every windows PC I've used in the last 5 years.
I'm sure its a standard program included in probably all MS Windows OS intalls.
I'd say there was a high probability that Paint will be on the computer (in the "Accessories" folder) unless someone has purposely uninstalled it for some reason....
I'm sure its a standard program included in probably all MS Windows OS intalls.
I'd say there was a high probability that Paint will be on the computer (in the "Accessories" folder) unless someone has purposely uninstalled it for some reason....
Jun 16, 2011, 8:26 am
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Paint can be uninstalled but I cannot think of any reasonable explanation for doing this.
Edit: Used to be called Paintbrush if anyone can remember that far back
Jun 16, 2011, 8:33 am
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Whereas Word is not.
Can a plain Windows installation actually read .docx files, for example?
I've got one at home, running on my Mac, using Parallels, for when I need to run Windows software, which is remarkbaly rarely actually. I could test it there. Oddly I have Word installed on the Mac OS (someone gave me it for free - they had a multi-licence copy and didn't need all the licences) but not the Windows OS which I rarely use.
Can a plain Windows installation actually read .docx files, for example?
I've got one at home, running on my Mac, using Parallels, for when I need to run Windows software, which is remarkbaly rarely actually. I could test it there. Oddly I have Word installed on the Mac OS (someone gave me it for free - they had a multi-licence copy and didn't need all the licences) but not the Windows OS which I rarely use.
Jun 16, 2011, 9:23 am
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Jun 16, 2011, 9:46 am
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Jun 16, 2011, 10:21 am
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I ask because Microsoft are notoriously bad about making their latest document formats even readable without shelling out a lot for their own software - the formatting information is essentially secret, unlike say a pdf or postscript file. Last time I looked, which was probably about a year ago, there wasn't a decent way of reading a .docx file reliably without paying Micros**t a lot of money. In time people will figure out how to read .docx files at least fairly reliably so Microsoft will then change the format to something more opaque. This is what is called "innovation" in Redmond and "monopoly abuse" in the rest of the world. It's funny going to the gym there and seeing people wearing "Freedom to Innovate" T-shirts because courts somewhere are trying to clamp down on this sort of practice.
Where do I sign up to a "Linux in the Lounges" campaign?
Jun 16, 2011, 10:26 am
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Replying to myself, if I may, it looks like these are available from MS, but only for Windows. So, like I said, one way or another you have to pay Microsoft a lot of money, either for the OS or for Word, just for the privilege of reading a document someone has written using their software. Bad, bad, bad.
Jun 16, 2011, 10:27 am
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Jun 16, 2011, 10:32 am
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Replying to myself, if I may, it looks like these are available from MS, but only for Windows. So, like I said, one way or another you have to pay Microsoft a lot of money, either for the OS or for Word, just for the privilege of reading a document someone has written using their software. Bad, bad, bad.