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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

This makes me want to try LibreOffice again. Is it really close-enough to on-par? I tried OpenOffice and LibreOffice a few times through the years and always found weird hiccups, like filetype issues, files looking different between programs, weird UI choices, etc... I would love to have a legitimate replacement option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Libreoffice is strongest when you're using ODT format because it's an open standard. It's not at all their fault for docx incompatibilities because they change the format CONSTANTLY and of course their only documentation is internal.

Personally I haven't had those issues though, only slight formatting differences when opening docx files, and half the time it's because I didn't have the font installed. You can change to the ribbon style if you really want but personally I prefer the older style, I find it's easier to find what I want.

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[–] Dariusmiles2123 6 points 7 months ago

I use Word at work and OnlyOffice and it works perfectly fine for my needs.

I don’t see any reason to go back to any proprietary software at home 😇

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No issues as long as you switch the toolbar to use tabs or contextual groups instead of the insane button overload which is still the default for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you need MS office compatibility, don't use Libreoffice. If you just want to use the software for your own documents, Libreoffice is (imo) better* once you get used to it. If you need Basic Excel macros, Libreoffice won't work unfortunately.

(*) the thing I hate about excel is that everything works "like magic" which is fine as long as it works. When something doesn't work, you are screwed because you cannot explicitly tell Excel what to do. It wants to do its own magic instead of obeying your will.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Let's hope they put the money they save into the projects

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i could swear they did this before.. like 10+ years ago when ODF was being pushed hardcore, but then i read they switched back to microsoft for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

This is another state, last one was Munich

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Haaa! It feels good to hear. I hope that theyll support free software financially.

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