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ICM<p>Do you remember using WordStar on the Televideo Tele-PC? Of course you don’t!<br>But now you can. Don’t you want to frob that keyboard?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordstar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordstar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>You should always use the smallest legible font in your wordprocessor. Otherwise, the resulting PDF will be too heavy and will make your electrical wiring burst.</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/font" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>font</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/wiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wiring</span></a></p>
Dummy-X 🇮🇹<p>🗒 FocusWriter, un word processor senza distrazioni<br>Un elaboratore di testi con un'interfaccia a pieno schermo e senza distrazioni...</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.selectallfromdual.com/blog/1517" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">selectallfromdual.com/blog/151</span><span class="invisible">7</span></a></p><p>#️⃣ <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/toolperlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toolperlinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a></p>
adacosta<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@thurrott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thurrott</span></a></span> Why didn't they just keep <a href="https://twit.social/tags/WordPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordPad</span></a> for this if their intention is to turn <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Notepad</span></a> into a glorified <a href="https://twit.social/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a>? I personally just want it as a simple text editor. Another thing I hate, is every time I launch it, it pops up an annoying notification bubble that gets in the way.</p>
IT News<p>Tearing Down a Vintage Word Processor - There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software wa... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearing-down-a-vintage-word-processor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearin</span><span class="invisible">g-down-a-vintage-word-processor/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/daisywheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daisywheel</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Tearing Down a Vintage Word Processor - There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software wa... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearing-down-a-vintage-word-processor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearin</span><span class="invisible">g-down-a-vintage-word-processor/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/daisywheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daisywheel</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Ultimate Distraction Free Writing Environment - The art of writing has become a cluttered one to follow, typically these days thro... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/the-ultimate-distraction-free-writing-environment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/02/the-ul</span><span class="invisible">timate-distraction-free-writing-environment/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/distractionfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distractionfree</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computerhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a></p>
ShouldBeGaminButDoomscrollin<p>Potentially weird question. Are there any ad-free, freeware* that works on android, that's basically just Notepad? I don't want anything fancier than a plain Notepad but it's really hard to find because of the noise to content ratio. Thank you.</p><p>*Happy to pay for once only fee too, I don't sub anything though </p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notepad</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Brief History of AlphaSmart - There are a handful of gadgets that do one thing so well that they become cult cla... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/29/a-brief-history-of-alphasmart/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/07/29/a-brie</span><span class="invisible">f-history-of-alphasmart/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/peripheralshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peripheralshacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrotechtacular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrotechtacular</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/portablecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portablecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/alphasmartneo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphasmartneo</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/alphasmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphasmart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Monoka<p>* Please boost * </p><p>Which office suite(s) do you use at least once a week? (in a typical week)</p><p>Please only answer the poll *if* you use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>office</span></a> software, such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spreadsheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spreadsheet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presentation</span></a> software, etc.</p><p>--<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicrosoftOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleDocs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalligraSuite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalligraSuite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Calligra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calligra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftmakerOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftmakerOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gnumeric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnumeric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollaboraOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollaboraOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollaboraOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollaboraOnline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlyOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft365</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordPerfectOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordPerfectOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WPSOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WPSOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a></p>
Robertus Cognoscens<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jessekelber</span></a></span> </p><p>A delightful <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessor</span></a> called <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FocusWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FocusWriter</span></a>, which I recommend whenever I have an opportunity.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/@robertoqs/110992629666373723" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writing.exchange/@robertoqs/11</span><span class="invisible">0992629666373723</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a><br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a><br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a><br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessors</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Wandering Through Old Word Processors Yields a Beast - The world once ran on hardcopy, and when the digital age started to bring new tool... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/11/18/wandering-through-old-word-processors-yields-a-beast/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/11/18/wander</span><span class="invisible">ing-through-old-word-processors-yields-a-beast/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/typewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typewriter</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/olivetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olivetti</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ms</span></a>-dos <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nec</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x86</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Typewriter For The Paperless Age - Writing is, as any of the Hackaday crew will tell you, a task which requires conce... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/10/19/a-typewriter-for-the-paperless-age/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/10/19/a-type</span><span class="invisible">writer-for-the-paperless-age/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/distractionfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distractionfree</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/focuswriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>focuswriter</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cyberdecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberdecks</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>I never really considered WordPad a word processor.</p><p>The more you know.</p><p>For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/microsoft-is-killing-wordpad-windows-28-year-old-built-in-word-processor/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">9/microsoft-is-killing-wordpad-windows-28-year-old-built-in-word-processor/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/WordProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/WordPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordPad</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a></p>
eiZen<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgia</span></a> hit me on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WordProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessors</span></a> when I found that blog entry from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@blakespot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blakespot</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bytecellar.com/2016/06/05/a-look-back-at-three-decades-of-word-processors/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bytecellar.com/2016/06/05/a-lo</span><span class="invisible">ok-back-at-three-decades-of-word-processors/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WordProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Bob Harvey<p>OOhh.</p><p>Just spotted that <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> is on Mastodon.</p><p>Hurrah.</p><p>I thoroughly recommend this product, the <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Draw</span></a> module is the best diagramming tool I know, and can do more than that!</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Spreadsheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spreadsheet</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/WordProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessor</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Presentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Presentation</span></a></p>
t o d d w a r n e r<p>And another thing . . .</p><p>Dear <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unicode</span></a> Consortium, OS vendors, and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordProcessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordProcessor</span></a> devs.</p><p>Fix the <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ellipsis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ellipsis</span></a> situation. <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> styling demands ... (three dots in a row) and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> (<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/CMOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CMOS</span></a>) .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. (three dots spaced out, but still a single character). Most narrative writers (fiction, memoir, etc.) standardize on Chicago styling.</p><p>A character exists to support the AP styled ellipsis. For Chicago we have to type [dot] [non-breaking space] [dot] [non-breaking space] [dot]. This sucks. FIX IT!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>