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72% of servers are running Windows. As someone who works with servers I have barely even seen a Linux server.
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72% of servers are running Windows. As someone who works with servers I have barely even seen a Linux server.
I’ve had my share of windows problems over the years (learned new curse words with Windows Me) but very, very few issues with Windows 10. And the dock issue with Macs is keeping me from fully making the switch to a new Mac now. But with new Macs, it’s a huge change in hardware with the Mn chips and it’ll just take a while to get all those 3rd party peripherals (docks…I’m looking at you) to work well with it consistently. I’m holding out for a bit longer until the dock/display situations settle a bit more and some more native software comes round (e.g. OneDrive gets out of Beta). I find the same frustrations with finding how to change settings with new OS variants but after a while, with any system, most of us just figure it out. Always things I love and hate with each OS major upgrade. Both Windows and MacOS are pretty good for me but both perhaps a bit more buggy with the latest major variants, as always. It’ll get sorted out. I’m both a Microsoft and Apple fanboy I guess ?. I like playing around with Linux now and then but not for daily use.
Bull-****ing-****.
There are lots of reasons Windows, Exchange and Office are corporate standard, but that it is "good" is definitely not one of them.
I am ready to quit my day job over the Windows requirement, as basic ****ing features are missing.
Stylesheets in Powerpoint? Nope. You mean I need to manually adjust this text on all 260 slides? Great!
Change language of the spellchecker for all text of all slides at once? Nope, select each element and manually change the language.
Can I at least uninstall or hide all the languages I do not use so that I can easily switch between the two I use in the menu? Nope.
How about fast and accurate search in Outlook? No way. (It is so bad that it is usually quicker to boot up my Mac, do the search on my Exchange account in Mail.app and then go back to Windows when I know the exact details of what I am looking for.)
I could go on, and on, and on.
The Microsoft ecosystem is utter and total crap.
You as an employee aren't even supposed to have admin permissions. What you are supposed to do is call help desk. It's the same with Macs.
You can set the language preference for new presentations.
That doesn't solve my problem. How do I change the language of an entire existing presentation, that may or may not have multiple languages set for different text elements in the presentation?
Please show me that you know how to use a computer. (And also possess basic reading comprehension skills, I guess.)
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Not to get ahead of Horsehead…but…
Ha ha…well, I been there with Office frustrations too. A good admin assistant is the greatest gift to our office.
Well, you probably have me stumped anyway. I can’t think of a PP presentation I’ve ever had (100s) where if I changed the font of all slides that I’d be editing forever. But technically that’s Office, not Windows. Still I do not know of a way to do that other than design templates but that changes far more than fonts. Still I do change design templates after I get a presentation made (Design menu) But you have to do some editing.
languages…not a clue. My guess is Windows sucks at that.
outlook searches are a snap for me…like 1-2 seconds max. My PC s from 2013 too. Just type a word in and be sure to check “all outlook items“ or whatever you want to search…but you have to tell it to search more than the folder you are because that’s usually the default…at least on mine. Sounds more like a bad PC than bad windows for that one…seriously. I just tested the word “John” and it took maybe a full second to find 1000s of emails from anyone with John in the email. And if you click on that little arrow down at the search bar you can modify that search a lot, even customize it to your liking. I’m using a local copy of Office 365…are you using a local copy or online Outlook? You should not at all be having this problem.
Ha ha…well, I been there with Office frustrations too. A good admin assistant is the greatest gift to our office.
Well, you probably have me stumped anyway. I can’t think of a PP presentation I’ve ever had (100s) where if I changed the font of all slides that I’d be editing forever. But technically that’s Office, not Windows. Still I do not know of a way to do that other than design templates but that changes far more than fonts. Still I do change design templates after I get a presentation made (Design menu) But you have to do some editing.
languages…not a clue. My guess is Windows sucks at that.
outlook searches are a snap for me…like 1-2 seconds max. My PC s from 2013 too. Just type a word in and be sure to check “all outlook items“ or whatever you want to search…but you have to tell it to search more than the folder you are because that’s usually the default…at least on mine. Sounds more like a bad PC than bad windows for that one…seriously. I just tested the word “John” and it took maybe a full second to find 1000s of emails from anyone with John in the email. And if you click on that little arrow down at the search bar you can modify that search a lot, even customize it to your liking. I’m using a local copy of Office 365…are you using a local copy or online Outlook? You should not at all be having this problem.
Yeah, I visit all the support forums every time something like this comes up again, and it is always the same. Frustrated thousands screaming "me too" into a void, so I am not holding my breath for a useful response.
This was illustration of a point, not an actual request for help, although any unexpected assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Honestly, that is slow. Searches on my Mac are more or less instant. I haven't looked into what the difference is, but I'm guessing Apple is doing much smarter indexing.
The worse issue is accuracy. I can search for a term I know exists in the e-mail I am looking for, check "all Outlook items" and get a thousand results, just not the right one.
I can search for the same word on my Mac, see the date and which folder it is in, and then find it manually in Outlook.
This doesn't happen a lot, but often enough to be frustrating and definitely often enough to make me distrust the entire system.
Dunno why you're going on a tirade. I just said I prefer macOS. I'm typing on a Windows laptop right now. I use both, I just prefer macOS.
None of those issues seem like windows issues, they’re all related to Office and have nothing to do with Windows.
in fact they all seem like user issues with MS office so would persist regardless of what OS you used office on.
This is how you use text styles based on a master slide.
How to Add Font Styles to PowerPoint | Techwalla
Font styles help you customize the way text appears in a PowerPoint document. You can manage the fonts on all slides in your presentation by updating them in the slide master. The updates you make to the slide master will be applied to the slides that use it.
This is how you change the language on all slides in PowerPoint.
How do I change the language of all Powerpoint slides at once?
I want to change the proofing language of all my slides in a Powerpoint. I've tried setting the language via the Language Preferences menu, however this only changes it for new powerpoints.
Here is how you remove languages
Remove languages and fonts you don't use - Microsoft Support
How to remove fonts and languages that you don't use from Office.
If your help desk do not know how to use office then I think you need a new help desk.
This is how you use text styles based on a master slide.
How to Add Font Styles to PowerPoint | Techwalla
Font styles help you customize the way text appears in a PowerPoint document. You can manage the fonts on all slides in your presentation by updating them in the slide master. The updates you make to the slide master will be applied to the slides that use it.www.techwalla.com
I know how master slides work, thanks. Say you have one word in a content text paragraph marked blue on many slides. You want to change all instances to a slightly darker blue. If you could apply text styles this would be easy. Without text styles it is not possible, as far as I can tell. Not a solution.
This is how you change the language on all slides in PowerPoint.
How do I change the language of all Powerpoint slides at once?
I want to change the proofing language of all my slides in a Powerpoint. I've tried setting the language via the Language Preferences menu, however this only changes it for new powerpoints.superuser.com
I am aware of this, thanks. This works for titles and content, but not for text in table cells, shapes or pretty much any custom insert. Not a solution.
Here is how you remove languages
Remove languages and fonts you don't use - Microsoft Support
How to remove fonts and languages that you don't use from Office.support.microsoft.com
Those instructions are for Mac. Not a solution.
I’ll be sure to lodge a support ticket explaining this.
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The reason you have them is your IT chose to install them all
You can use the installer to remove language packs too.
The reason you have them is your IT chose to install them all
what joke is this. even sql server now can be in linux. before got clash with sybase only linux. i do .net core 6 on macos can deploy to linux. no need iis anymore.
in my life , web form / .net mvc only using windows web server. it awfull you need spend a lot for a server 4 gb box vm in azure or ali cloud is struggle a lot while 256 mb ram is enough for linux solution using php. I been developer web application , deploy server from scratch ( ibm give separate so install yourself) (blade) non blade.
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SQL has been around on Linux servers for a long long time.
I’ve run websites on Linux servers using MySQL for a long time as early as 2000 as I can remember. But I’m sure it was around long before then too
microsof sql server lol , mysql is diff vendor (oracle) . microsof sql server code come from sybase.
i learn php 3 and mysql 3 in 2001 . hehe
“Never had any problems with Windows” lol okay, bud. Even when I was a pc fanboi I had problems with Windows. You can handwave away problems but they won’t go away.
And LTT, aside from Anthony, is an entertainment channel. SomeOrdinaryGamers addressed those videos in one of his, talking about using Linux.
Anyway, if you really regret getting a Mac, I’ll give you $100 for your M1. No questions asked.
Big Sur was nice. Monterey has been garbage on my M1 iMac since day 1. I just reinstalled it again a couple days ago. There’s nothing more frustrating than going to unlock the computer and finding out both the keyboard and mouse are disconnected and won’t connect for 45 seconds.
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