'Kaos og forvirring' til eksamen efter opdatering af Word
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Ministerium advarer om, at Microsoft-programmer kan skabe problemer til skriftlig eksamen for studerende med Mac-computere.

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.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    174·
    6 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.worldEnglish
      162·
      6 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.todayEnglish
        91·
        6 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.caEnglish
      11·
      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