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The last segment of my working life was doing technical writing for software companies in #SiliconValley. Understanding the software was easy, I had been a programmer for a long time before becoming a #techWriter.

The hard part was trying to put things into terms my audience would 'get' and I really admire people who can do that.
That’s why I devour everything @Daojoan sends out.

She got me to #Vivaldi and #Joplin and helped me see that privacy and software freedom is more than #LibreOffice and #ProtonMail.
Go read her stuff. You won’t be disappointed.

Gah! at Microsoft documentation not matching what incantations and sacrifices you must do to print a document as booklet.

Neither their Mac or Windows docs were accurate. And why both would want to print *4* pages per side by default on the booklet setting, I have no idea. 2 pages per side wasn't even an option.

Add to that, the UI and options (Office 365) are frustratingly different across both platforms.

Puzzled out a proof-print by doing the booklet layout with my printer options, not Word. With a great many curses.

#Introduction (revised July 2023 in honor of moving to oliphant.social) I'm a #progressive #GenerationJones #boomer, white straight CIS woman. #ADHD, maybe #Autism, plus #Anxiety (I'm getting all As!)
US #WestCoast. Long-time #California, short-time #Nevada, and now (since Nov 2021) #CentralOregon.
Went to college a lot, dropped out a lot, no degree. Former #TechWriter (I was really good at this), former #School Office Lady (this was hard!) My doctor made a note in my file that I'm an empty nester. I've never thought of myself that way, but maybe she's right.
I was once #funny.
My life view: Harm to a group that you're not part of will ultimately harm you too. None of us are free till all of us are free. Choose kindness.