This week I was reminded that sometimes we will not be able to use the tool we want due to time, budget, or lack of knowledge. In particular, in a class on using image manipulation software, it was pointed out that PowerPoint can be used to quickly cut out foreground objects. But that’s only true of the desktop version of the software, not the browser-based one. I don’t use Microsoft office, and if I did get the desktop version, it would take up 28% of the total space on my hard drive. Maybe that’s a sign that my computer is too tiny and outdated, and the times call for having more than a 57GB drive. Be that as it may, if I wanted to cut out an image in a timely fashion, I would have to use a different tool.
I do use a desktop office suite. If you’re someone out there looking for an alternative to paying for “software as a service”: LibreOffice. It’s free and open source and only takes up 2.6% of my machine’s space, which is a bit less.