In effect, that's exactly what I was saying! You're definitely not the only one. It is unpleasant to use! It ranges from people like yourself that simply cannot use it, to people who think they can use it fine but their productivity decreases due to eye strain, mental fatigue (related to eye strain) etc. Besides, with LED screens all the white will increase power usage! Only maybe a couple of watts, but in a big business it all adds up. Increased power usage, lower productivity...

I agree with most of what you wrote 🙂 But LED PC screens are backlit LCDs and the backlights dont use localised dimming. Some PC displays can dim the whole screen for darker images, but if there is anything bright on the screen (ie any bright white), the dimming wont be active. The dimming wont be active when using a word processor. You can manually set the dimming/brightness, but that applies to any scenario.

In effect, that's exactly what I was saying! You're definitely not the only one. It is unpleasant to use! It ranges from people like yourself that simply cannot use it, to people who think they can use it fine but their productivity decreases due to eye strain, mental fatigue (related to eye strain) etc. Besides, with LED screens all the white will increase power usage! Only maybe a couple of watts, but in a big business it all adds up. Increased power usage, lower productivity...

While a dark theme would be ideal, saying that the range is from people who can't use it, to people who have illusions about their ability to use it is pretty disingenuous. I can use it fine, though I understand complaints from those who don't. No headaches, eyestrain, seizures, none of that for me. I simply use it, and don't think about it. There are a number of others like me, believe it or not.

I don't care. I get the full Office Professional suite for $10

As a student Office 365 definitely is hands down the better deal. Two licenses for 4 years for $80.

Fixed that for you

For your daily office needs, LibreOffice takes care of that. Personally, the only times I use Microsoft Office is to make my reports look pretty. Other than that, Microsoft Office is pretty useless for me. It doesn't help MS Office that I also use Google Drive extensively for my work. deltatux

For your daily office needs, LibreOffice takes care of that. Personally, the only times I use Microsoft Office is to make my reports look pretty. Other than that, Microsoft Office is pretty useless for me. It doesn't help MS Office that I also use Google Drive extensively for my work. deltatux

You mean Google Docs? Google Drive is nice but Google Docs is terrible.