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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 5 Stand-Out LibreOffice Features That Make It My Go-To Office
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:24:11 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-10-16 à 07 h 33, RonB a écrit :
>> On 2024-10-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> Le 2024-10-15 à 20 h 44, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :
>>>>   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 ...
>>>
>>> I have a license to Microsoft Office, but I'll use LibreOffice simply
>>> because it doesn't push a closed standard on me. I have never believed
>>> in proprietary formats.
>> 
>> LibreOffice is getting continually better. At least that's my opinion. I
>> don't have a clue about M$ Office. I haven't used it in years. (Don't have
>> to, now that I'm retired.)
>
> I've said it before, but I just prefer the LibreOffice interface. It 
> might be old, but things are exactly where you expect them to be unlike 
> Microsoft Office. I've been in a situation where I had to change the 
> formatting of a document while in class to make it more readable for the 
> kids. With LibreOffice, I can easily find the feature I'm looking for 
> and change it for them within a second, but with Microsoft Office I'm 
> usually left navigating for a minute. Of course, I'm not an expert with 
> either suite, so that has to be factored in, but Libre seems more 
> intuitive to me.

I think, sometimes, when you're selling a product (rather than releasing it 
as open source) there's pressure to change SOMETHING because it has to be 
different in order to separate it from the earlier version. The interface 
should stay the same — what they should do is just keep fixing the software 
and only add features people really want. That's the way to NOT get 
bloatware.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien