1 (edited by William 2022-11-06 14:57:05)

Topic: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

Some of us regularly use software from the Serif Plus range and from the Serif Affinity range, but how much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

For example, using Print from WordPad and from Paint, even if one does not have a printer attached, gives access to Microsoft Print to PDF and then one can, in the United Kingdom, if one so chooses, upload the PDF document to Viking Virtual Print House and order a print to be delivered by Royal Mail.

One can save a jpg graphic file from Paint and upload it to the website of one of the several businesses from which one can order a custom greetings card. If one so chooses, one may configure that greetings card to be more like an art print with the greeting inside replaced with descriptive text, send it to oneself and then frame it.

Now the two PDF documents are not a good as might be liked. For example, (I (CORRECTION I had written as follows) WordPad does not have text justification (CORRECTION It does now. Please see later posts) and the PDF document from Paint might not have the picture centred.

But, can one manually justify the text in WordPad?

Can one build a white margin into the picture in Paint so that the image looks centred in the PDF document?

What can one achieve using just what is bundled in Windows 10, given that one has an internet connection and a payment card (credit card or debit card)?

For convenience of this discussion, please regard everyday things like email, forum posts, purchasing software and downloading it, ordering grocery and clothing, and so on, where one is just only using the internet, as not being part of this discussion.

William

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

William wrote:

WordPad does not have text justification

Are you sure about that, William? Look at the ‘Paragraph’ options on the ribbon in this screenshot from https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/notepad-vs-wordpad:

https://static1.makeuseofimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WordPad-Windows.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=1500&dpr=1.5

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

Wow! I should have checked. WordPad never used to have justification.

Thank you.

William

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

Hello Alfred, Can one attach a PDF document to a post in this forum?

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

William wrote:

Wow! I should have checked. WordPad never used to have justification.

Thank you.

William

You’re very welcome, William.

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

William wrote:

Can one attach a PDF document to a post in this forum?

There should be an ‘Attachments’ section below the message composition text box, with a ‘Choose File’ link to browse to the file and an ‘Add file’ button to attach it.

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

Ah, the add an attachment only becomes available after one has requested and received a Preview.

William

Re: How much can one get done with just what is bundled in Windows 10?

William wrote:

Ah, the add an attachment only becomes available after one has requested and received a Preview.

It’s immediately available to me as I type this, but that will be because I’ve quoted part of your post. You can also use the ‘Post reply’ link at the top of the thread.

It seems that the option to add an attachment is only unavailable if you opt to post a quick reply without a preview.

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams