Damn, almost 28 years on this planet and I've just now learned that there's a very handy separate option for that. Kinda makes sense if you think about it for 5 seconds, but I just never did. I do know how to deal with images properly though, so I'm not a complete idiot.
FR man. I spent 2 days trying to get an image to take up the whole of page 1 in a document but couldn't make it work so ended up just printing the photo out and stapling it to the rest of the document
PSA: Word isn't layout software, it's a WYSIWYG document editor. You can change settings to make it work more like layout software, but it's better to use a layout tool if you need that.
Recently I switched to using Affinity Publisher because it did everything I needed from InDesign. The only problem being, if I want to share files with anyone, I have to make sure they also have Affinity Publisher.
If youre adding images to a word document, you should be using publisher, not word. Thats like deciding to edit a video with photoshop instead of premiere. You could, just super inefficient.
34 Comments
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 3y
Wait, it's not just me ? How can 30 year old commercial software still be this janky ?
collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 3y
Because its a mass of patches and cosmetic upgrades on top of 30 year old software
max@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 3y
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one that doesn’t have issues with images in word.
can@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 3y
Have you considered the possibility that you don't exist?
max@feddit.nl · 23 pts · 3y
That’d be nice sometimes.
muyessir@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y
You may be one of the people that format their word docs properly. I hate it when someone spams enter to create a new page.
SolarNialamide@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Damn, almost 28 years on this planet and I've just now learned that there's a very handy separate option for that. Kinda makes sense if you think about it for 5 seconds, but I just never did. I do know how to deal with images properly though, so I'm not a complete idiot.
Silviecat44@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
What is this mythical feature?
The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
Page break.
Master@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
ctrl enter
max@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 3y
Control (or command) + enter for those wondering. Or via the insert menu -> “page break”.
axtualdave@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
I don't either. But I tend to use (La)TeX to typeset documents.
max@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 3y
LaTeX really is great.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Can you paste an image from the clipboard and place it on the page, using a mouse, without messing up the formatting of the rest of the page in latex?
max@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 3y
Not that I know of. But LaTeX is not a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. It’s a markup language.
kkard2@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
yes; people that are complaining simply have a skill issue
candyman337@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
You can easily fix this by changing the image behavior too
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 3y
That's why I'm into LaTeX
xavier666@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 3y
When the LaTeX document has pixel-perfect alignment with all the images and you can still add text without things jumping around.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
Kinky
ryn@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y
latex is sexy
YourMomSaysHi@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 3y
The hours I've spent trying to format a Word document with images or some real classy clipart.
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
FR man. I spent 2 days trying to get an image to take up the whole of page 1 in a document but couldn't make it work so ended up just printing the photo out and stapling it to the rest of the document
regeya@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
PSA: Word isn't layout software, it's a WYSIWYG document editor. You can change settings to make it work more like layout software, but it's better to use a layout tool if you need that.
Recently I switched to using Affinity Publisher because it did everything I needed from InDesign. The only problem being, if I want to share files with anyone, I have to make sure they also have Affinity Publisher.
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
I love affinity, it's really really good. And I can actually fucking own it and don't have to pay for it for the rest of my life
gclawson@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
The woes of trying to use those little anchors or finding the right formatting. It triggers some S&M tendencies.
Kururin@talk.kururin.tech · 3 pts · 3y
I swear one of these days imma blow up bill /s
Shard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Have you tried editing an Org chart using smart art on PowerPoint?
Stan@lemmywinks.com · 1 pts · 3y
Have you tried confluence?
GoldenDoge@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
SM64 Mario when some kid in the mid to late 90s tilts the cartridge
onparole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Easily fixed by right clicking and aligning something But yes. Word is shit yo.
dudewitbow@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y
If youre adding images to a word document, you should be using publisher, not word. Thats like deciding to edit a video with photoshop instead of premiere. You could, just super inefficient.