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On 12/27/2024 9:23 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 26/12/2024 4:39 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> As a programmer, I like to use powerful and versatile tools. That 
>> includes
>> the ability to automate workflow.
>>
>> Tools exist for this purpose, like odfpy for ISO 26300 files, which are
>> the native format of LibreOffice. And LibreOffice itself can run Python
>> code.
> 
> My programming tasks has never ever needed to automate Office using VBA.


If you ever do need to automate office software or build custom 
applications, you'll find that MS Office and VBA is extremely superior 
to ALL other office software.

WordPerfect and LibreOffice also offer some automation/programmability, 
but not nearly at the level of MS Office.