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For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor

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For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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WordPad is one of the few built-in apps not to be updated in Windows 11.

Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.

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Doesn’t fresh installs of windows 11 come with shortcuts in the start menu for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that opens the online versions of the software if you haven’t installed office yet?

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