{"id":475,"date":"2014-08-27T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2014-08-27T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:48:14","slug":"clearing-the-word-bookshelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/clearing-the-word-bookshelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing the Word Bookshelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have shelves that are full of outdated computer books, or is it just me?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m finally getting rid of some of the oldest, and dustiest books, like the Microsoft Word guides that you can see in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been years since any of them were opened (thank goodness!), and they\u2019re about 5 pounds each, so it will certainly lighten the bookshelves when they\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And if you ever worked with <a title=\"WordBasic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WordBASIC\" rel=\"nofollow\">WordBasic<\/a>, you\u2019ll understand why I\u2019m not too sorry to toss that one! 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