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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by noisy_boy on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:24PM (#43852726)
LibreOffice should have provided a theme/icon pack "Office Icons" - half the time I can't tell what an icon is for because most of us have been raised on MS Office. Also, it would do well with a "Simple" mode ala Google Docs that is sufficient most of the time for most folks.

Otherwise it works fine, haven't had any issues with the documents it produces and I particularly like the direct export to pdf feature.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by bflesch on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:02AM (#43855210)
LibreOffice has several themes that makes it look like MS Office (e.g. ribbons, modern UI, etc).

Select TOOLS > OPTIONS > ADVANCED > Enable experimental Options (WARNING this is experimental and may be unstable) > OK and then RESTART LIBREOFFICE. On restart VIEW > TOOLBAR LAYOUT > NOTEBOOKBAR. You can then play with the options with VIEW > NOTEBOOKBAR > CONTEXTUAL GROUPS/ CONTEXTUAL SINGLE / TABBED.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by noisy_boy on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:01AM (#43856543)
It is actually View -> Toolbars -> Customize -> Notebookbar but within that there is only "Tabbed" option which doesn't really show a way to change themes.

This is a perfect example of actions that make adoption harder. This should have been at most 2 clicks and prominently displayed assuming LibreOffice wants to be a great alternative to MS Office and make the transition easier. I have been using Linux daily for over 20 years now and it is not intuitive to me - it doesn't make me very optimistic about the experience for a new user.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by bflesch on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:24PM (#43860663)
Nope, it's actually Menu -> User Interface: https://postimg.cc/sMhhFvC1

Then this dialog appears: https://postimg.cc/YhVWyQVJ

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by noisy_boy on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:51PM (#43861047)
Found it - thanks! I wish this was more easily accessible to new users - it actually makes a difference in terms of organization of icons and ease of finding things.
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