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NewsMicrosoft investigates bug behind unresponsive Windows Start Menu Pin
Kent Sharkey19-Jan-23 6:46
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NewsNew font mandate creates frenzy at State department Pin
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obermd20-Jan-23 4:20
obermd20-Jan-23 4:20 
Word aside - that was a joke. MS Word used to use Times New Roman as the default font. Looking at a brand new Word document I see that it now uses Calibri (11 pt) as the default body font. This is much better. I do wonder how many of those State Deptartment employees realize that Microsoft has changed the default Word font, specifically to deal with readability issues.

Times New Roman is a lousy font for anyone who has vision issues. It was the best font at the time because it was easy to print and there are very few possible letter/digit confusion options in TNR. However, it's significantly harder to read than other fonts. State is going to Calibri 11 pt, which is definitely better for those who have a hard time with fonts smaller than 12 pt (1/6th of an inch per line).

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NewsOffice Insider program gets a name change Pin
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NewsMicrosoft’s HoloLens hardware team is on the chopping block amid mass layoffs Pin
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NewsAnnouncing .NET Community Toolkit 8.1! Better, faster MVVM source generators, .NET 7 support, and more! Pin
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NewsVisual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3 is here! Pin
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