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Microsoft word update messes up exams in Denmark (www.dr.dk)

submitted 7 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Sorry for the Danish post i hope you can translate it.

The Ministry warns that Microsoft programs can create problems for written exams for students with Mac computers.

Users who have updated the programs to the latest version may experience the programs running slowly, freezing and crashing. This means that the examinees are delayed in their work and that parts of the answers risk being lost, write the Agency for Education and Quality and the Agency for IT and Learning in a notice to schools.

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Because, if you're expected to use or at least understand that software in the work force then schooling should cover it. Open source is nice and some countries have adopted LibreOffice as their standard but Word is still so commonplace in many industries that it is an essential tool for document writing in the age of computers.

[-] neblem@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Open source software might not directly be used in the workplace but if someone can't adapt from LibreOffice to MS Office they won't be able to adapt to MS Office updates either. It's been decades since productivity software had significantly different feature sets for most users. That weird legacy Excel formula the Finance Department uses will need training no matter how many years of Office experience a new hire has.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Alright but we're not going to teach people both and we're not going to teach people neither, so you shouldn't be surprised that a large institution picked the corporate product.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago

And you think it's a good thing that Microsoft has so taken over companies and governments that you now no longer have the choice?

Also, you can use open formats and learntbhe tools. It's not like Microsoft word is rocket science

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

Think it's good? No.

Surprised by it? Fuck no.

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