Because for many decades nearly everyone in the UK watched all the same TV. What was specific in the UK, compared to other countries, was there were only ~4 channels to choose from most of that time. And those few channels got huge budgets to work with. You can tell from the quality of the advertising, unlike the trash commercials in countries with 20 plus channels. Unpredictable UK weather too helped people sit down in front of the box. Long running soaps were treated as real life. Everyone saw the same comedies, and told the same jokes and catch phrases. If ever there was a hive mind, that was it. It’s probably coming to a close now. But the damage is done. And it’s good night from me. And good night from him!

You can be sure Microsoft was working its utmost hardest to make this not work, and make it look bad. All the more reason to get away from them as fast as possible.

The best way is to stop using office documents altogether. It’s legacy computing that at shouldn’t be needed any more.