• lime!@feddit.nu
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    9 days ago

    expecting word to edit pdfs is like expecting excel to edit compiled matlab programs

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      9 days ago

      Also I don’t see the problem with the other two.
      Move image? Works fine if you select the right wrapping.
      Ignore spelling mistake? Right click -> ignore once / ignore all / add to dictionary

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        From my experience with word, ignore spelling mistake is a lie, it always starts complaining again eventually (and changing spelling from us to uk almost never works)

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      I think from an end-user perspective it’s realistic to expect Word to edit PDFs. It’s just that the PDF format is an unbelievably complex clusterfuck and thus requires an entirely separate and expensive program.

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        i mean, it’s equivalent to using a typewriter to edit a printed page. pdf was not designed to be edited.

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            because people who don’t know computers can’t learn to use the right file format.

            pdf is a container format for code that is run by printers. it’s not something that can be easily changed. pdf editors are hacks upon hacks upon hacks.