It is becoming increasingly clear that the best word processing software for writers is a Notepad .txt document with a handgun kept next to the keyboard in case it tries anything funny.
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Paul Cornell
Copilot has just appeared on my version of Word, and I really want to get rid of it. I've read a lot of posts from people saying how hard that is. There's a load of frustration out there at A.I. being foisted on people who don't want it. Have any fixes now appeared? (Word specific.)
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"where did you go this morning, Cal?"
"church"
"what was the sermon about?"
"sin"
"what did the preacher say about it?"
"don't"
AI is truly “fetch”
But for real now, can IT companies stop pushing AI onto us? Like for a second?
Until further notice. But feel confident it's going to stay solid for a while to come.
By writers, for writers.
To be honest, I write everything in TextEdit. And I don’t even work in RTF, just plain text. It’s as close as I can get to a typewriter without the hassle of dealing with ribbons.
cos that shit just works. and its free.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/11/06/new-ai-experiences-for-paint-and-notepad-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders
The kind of software where it does what *you* tell it.
https://getfreewrite.com/products/hemingwrite
If you need to save a document as a word file (because you are sending it to another person, for instance), you can do that too.
It may offer a classic plan without Copilot and at the older price.
I just did that today.
https://bsky.app/profile/brightvoxaudio.com/post/3lfwn2ex6n222
And sleep well. 🙂
I'm a tech journalist and writer, and I use it for my daily work.
I will just keep using vim until the heat death of the universe.