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rbowman wrote this post; take it under advisement:

> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 08:39:05 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 10/2/2024 9:19 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> They've used Microsoft Office as an excuse to stick to Windows for so
>>> long that it's become boring. Other than DFS, I don't think anyone
>>> realistically needs what the suite offers.
>> 
>> I'm the only one in the world that needs MS Office?  wtf?
>> 
>> Face facts: the whole planet has 30 years of MS Office knowledge and
>> experience, and many billions of documents in use and in development.

I'm sure that number is pulled out of DFS ass.

Maybe not. Does it matter?

"The whole planet" :-D

> Somehow I've never used it for as long as it has existed. I only use 
> Libreoffice if someone insists on sending me docx junk.

Same here (now that I'm retired).

As I've noted, I find, after a learning curve, that LaTeX is a much more
comfortable way to produce documents (in PDF format).

I can edit the text in my favorite text editor, and tables, indexes, tables
of contents, tables of figures, tables of figures, and lists are easier in
LaTeX.

Microsoft is famous for taking processes that work well in text format and
converting them to binary so that binary tools are required to deal with the
format. A good example: the goddam Registry.

-- 
You recoil from the crude; you tend naturally toward the exquisite.