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A look back: WordPerfect on DOS (2023)

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32 points TMWNN | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 21:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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rqtwteye ◴[01 Apr 25 23:40 UTC] No.43552418[source]▶
I am becoming very nostalgic about word processors before around 2003. Back then, they were very predictable, made sense to me, and had all the features I wanted. The latest Word version makes all kinds of wacky choices for formatting, and I can't figure out how to fix them. Numbering is off, and formatting often is totally unpredictable. Not sure what's going on, but I really want Word 2000 back.
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1. temporallobe ◴[02 Apr 25 02:25 UTC] No.43553155[source]▶
I still have a Word 2000 installer CD with the original box and product activation key. Wow what a great word processor! Simple, fast, intuitive, and packed with cool features. Modern versions are not fundamentally different, but at the same time are bloated and obtuse. It just doesn’t have that old school snappy feel, that somehow used to feel more responsive and performant on FAR less capable hardware.