nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia
1. Respectful Nostalgia Share nostalgic content and memories respectfully. Avoid offensive or insensitive references that may be hurtful to others.
2. Relevant Nostalgia Posts should focus on nostalgic content, including memories, media, and cultural references from the past. Stay on topic to preserve the nostalgic theme of the community.
3. Source Verification If you share nostalgic media or content, provide accurate sources or background information when possible.
4. No Spamming Avoid excessive posting of similar nostalgic topics to keep content diverse and engaging for all members.
5. Positive Discussions Encourage positive discussions and interactions related to nostalgic topics. Respect different viewpoints and memories shared by community members.
6. Quality Content Strive to post high-quality content that sparks nostalgia and meaningful conversations among members.
7. Moderation Guidelines
Respectful Behavior Treat fellow members with kindness and respect. Harassment or disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated.
Appropriate Content Only Ensure all content aligns with the nostalgic theme and community guidelines. Inappropriate or offensive material will be removed.
Engagement and Participation Engage actively with posts and discussions. Constructive feedback and contributions enrich the community experience.
By adhering to these rules and guidelines, we can create a welcoming and enjoyable space to relive nostalgic moments together. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out to the moderators. Thank you for sharing your nostalgia responsibly!
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35607747
Kids today and their fancy Office 365.
See the other cool community over at !retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
WordPerfect's "Reveal Codes" mode was the best feature a word processor ever had. You could see exactly what was causing your formatting problems, and surgically fix them. It's like viewing the HTML of a web page.
Word has that. It is a paragraph mark button.
I use it all the time.
I don't have a copy of Word handy, but I don't think it is nearly as detailed. Wordperfect would show you all the formatting, but also marks for tables of contents and indexes, columns, images and other inserts, etc.
Correct. Word's was page and whitespace only, Wordperfect was nearer to markup, like HTML/XML, you could see bold, italic, font size changes, etc.
Is there anything ms word can do that word perfect couldn't do back then? Ms word is so clunky
Well yes, there are a lot more features in MS Word >!(that nobody actually needs and asked for)!<.
My school had WordPerfect on every computer in like, 2013. I had to install AbiWord Portable on a USB disk just so I could work on .doc files without the formatting being royally fucked up.
WP 5.1 on DOS for me. Kids these days and their fancy WYSIWYG.
Ironically, WP for Macintosh was probably the best WYSIWYG word processor in existence, especially since the great Word 5.1->6.0 regression.
Still using it today and it's great.
I wrote documentation at Ford for a while and when we switched from WordPerfect to Word I got a waver for 2 years to continue using WordPerfect because it was so much more efficient because of the ability to see all formatting. When they forced me to Word I quit writing documents for the most part
I learned using AppleWorks and then ClarisWorks.
See the house that Corel built, and weep ['cause it throws taste right out of the window]
Wasn't that at the same time works was out?