Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't...
by Animats on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @12:30PM
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I've used the StarOffice/OpenOffice/LibreOffice line for a decade. The last Microsoft Office product I purchased was Word 97, and I ditched that when I retired the Windows 2000 machine.
That said, LibreOffice is still too buggy for a 10-year-old product. The article says "Writer has a couple of instabilities under Windows, such as locking up if a new document isn't saved within a few minutes." That's pathetic.
LibreOffice .doc import/export almost works now. You can usually import a Microsoft Word document, although the margins are often wrong.
That said, LibreOffice is still too buggy for a 10-year-old product. The article says "Writer has a couple of instabilities under Windows, such as locking up if a new document isn't saved within a few minutes." That's pathetic.
LibreOffice .doc import/export almost works now. You can usually import a Microsoft Word document, although the margins are often wrong.