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I remember that one. Before 8.1, it could not print PDFs. I have been struggling ever since to come up with an appropriate metaphor for how idiotic a PDF viewer
by krylon 10y ago
I remember that one. Before 8.1, it could not print PDFs. I have been struggling ever since to come up with an appropriate metaphor for how idiotic a PDF viewer without printing is.
- WorldMaker 10y agoWindows 8 tried to move all of printing into the Charms bar, which was a great idea in that something so common (so many apps need to print) would have one big place to nearly always find it, but of course was also a bad idea because learning the Charms required unlearning the idea that every app has its own Print button scattered somewhere possibly randomly in the app itself and learning the Charms instead. So you could definitely print PDFs in Windows 8 from the Devices Charm. You'd just need to know that was what the Devices Charm was for. (I thought the Charms were a good idea that Microsoft didn't quite know how to execute.)
- krylon 10y agoThanks for the explanation! Having a single place for printing rather than one per application sounds like a nice idea indeed. If only they had documented it better... ;-)