How's LibreOffice compare to OpenOffice? Last time I tried the latter, it would create weird formatting in documents when opened in MS Word.
LibreOffice is the one you want to use. OpenOffice is so undermaintained that they have problems patching security holes, nevermind improving
I have very little experience with OpenOffice. If I remember correctly, OO was bought by Oracle after which the community forked LibreOffice, and that is now installed by default in many GNU/Linux distributions. I think I haven't used OO in at least five years, so I can't really say anything about it.
Re:Munich confirms switch to Windows 10
by btschaegg on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:26AM
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Generally, it seems that after the whole Oracle fiasco and the Apache part, LibreOffice is miles ahead.
When it comes to formatting in Word though, it should be worth noting that MS Word supports ODT files by now.
Graphically, sure. But after not using MS Office for a few years, I really prefer LibreOffice. It does everything I need (and a lot more, actually) and I know where all the buttons are. Other than that it looks prettier, there is zero reason for me to use MS Office. (I can only think of reasons why I wouldn't want to use MS Office.)
And if MS Office is what you're going for, then it still runs in Wine. No need to convert the entire infrastructure.