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
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)
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.
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.
expecting word to edit pdfs is like expecting excel to edit compiled matlab programs
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
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)
Those without tech literacy love to blame the software.
A bad workman blames his tools after all.
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.
i mean, it’s equivalent to using a typewriter to edit a printed page. pdf was not designed to be edited.
What? If pdf wasn’t designed to be edited, why are there pdf editors?
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.