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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: 5 Stand-Out LibreOffice Features That Make It My Go-To Office Suite
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:44:55 -0000 (UTC)
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From <https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/5-stand-out-libreoffice-features-that-make-it-my-go-to-office-suite/>:

Customizable GUI:

    For example, when writing a novel, I want the sidebar always
    readily available because I need quick access to formatting
    options. If I'm working on a more traditional document, I might go
    with the tabbed UI. For spreadsheets, I want the simplest UI that
    I can use, such as the contextual single UI.

    LibreOffice makes this possible, with the ability to switch
    between a standard toolbar, tabbed, single toolbar, sidebar,
    tabbed compact, groupedbar compact, and contextual single. You can
    even make changes to different tools, which allows you to have one
    UI for Writer, one for Calc, and one for Presents.

Customizable styles:

    What I like about this feature is that it allows me to get very
    granular with the styles, even to the point where I can define
    what style comes next, how drop caps are handled, transparency,
    borders, indents & spacing, text flow, font, position, highlights,
    much more.

No AI:

    (what more needs to be said?)

Microsoft Office compatibility:

    For a while, I was writing everything in Google Docs; that is,
    until one of my editors complained of incompatibility issues (even
    when exporting to the .docx format with Docs). Once I switched
    from Google Docs to LibreOffice (for my fiction writing), those
    issues all went away.

Document export:

    LibreOffice document export allows you to export your Writer
    documents to XHTML, PDF, EPUB, MediaWiki, Writer Indexing Export
    XML, JPEG, Writer Layout XML, PNG, and WEBP. You can also save as
    ODF, ODF Template, Flat XML, Unified Office Format, Word 2010-365,
    Word 2007, Word 2007 Template, Word 2003 XML, Rich Text, Word
    97-2003, and other types. If there's a format you need, more than
    likely LibreOffice can export it.

    ...

    I can also ask what version of MS Office a collaborator is using
    and make sure to export it to the most compatible version.

Because, you know, even Microsoft Office cannot manage 100%
compatibility with Microsoft Office ...