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How to download and use Microsoft Word for free

 Microsoft Word is the most well-known word processing application on the planet. For decades, it has been a staple of both home and enterprise use. It has also been hidden behind a paywall most of that time.  Things are a little different in the present climate, though. Not everyone needs the full power of Microsoft Word, and with online alternatives like Google Docs available to use for free, paying up doesn’t make as much sense as it once did.  The good news is that you can now use Microsoft Word for free. While you’re more limited on its scope, there’s no longer any requirement to buy a copy or sign up for Microsoft 365 to use Microsoft Word. How to use Microsoft Word for free on Windows 10, Mac, Chrome OS, and Linux The easiest way to use Microsoft Word for free is right in your web browser. Whether you’re on Windows 10, Mac, Chrome OS, or Linux, using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, or any other major browser, you can access a free-to-use version of Microsoft...

The unfortunate Lucy Maino controversy

By Avdoh D Meki originally posted on PNG Attitude PORT MORESBY - Lucy Maino is best known as a Papua New Guinean footballer and recently Miss Pacific and PNG 2019-20. Because of Covid, her tenure was extended into 2021 but she was released from duties by the MPIP governing body earlier this month after a video she posted on TikTok triggered a social media storm. The official explanation for her standing down was that the committee said it had reached an “amicable decision” with Ms Maino to end her duties. Ms Maino denied the Miss PNG title was taken from her. “In agreement with the pageant committee, I completed my service as Miss PNG,” she stated. Ms Maino, 25, is an outstanding Papua New Guinean woman. She is a footballer who in addition to playing college football in the USA since 2014 has represented PNG in the Pacific Games since women's football was introduced in 2016. The TikTok video that Ms Maino released on her private TikTok account was not her first or only TikTok dance...

Most People Have No Real Friends

If you needed a ride to the airport, whom would you call? by Tracy Folly Originally posted at https://medium.com/traceys-folly/most-people-have-no-real-friends-c99fa4f7d57f If you needed a ride to the airport, whom would you call? A friend? A family member? A trusted neighbor? You’re lucky. Do you want to know who I’d call? A taxi. Or I’d pick up my phone and order an Uber driver or a Lyft driver on an app like I was ordering a pizza. The last time I needed a ride, I put my life in the hands of a virtual stranger. The driver could have been a madman, or on drugs, or a criminal, or drunk. I just don’t know. But I didn’t have a choice. I don’t have the kind of true friends I can just call when I need a ride. In fact, most people don’t really have any true friends to help them out when needed. Social media connects us to all sorts of people with whom we can touch base and even share valuable information from time to time, but it’s not the same as having a true friend that you can call on ...