Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week

Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• orcrist@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The formatting… The formatting that you can easily modify. Sigh. It takes two minutes, my friend.

  Anyway, you do you.

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  • Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, you’re likely right and I lilely didn’t give it a good enough shot. I just haven’t had the smoothest experience with it. It took me twice as long to make an ugly Resume on libre than the time it took for me to make a decent one on “free” word

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• alsimoneau@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  LaTeX is your friend

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• poleslav@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yup. I used Libra in college but getting the formatting right took longer than writing my papers. If I had to pay for a subscription to office I wouldn’t, and I don’t, I just prefARR’ my office apps.

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  • wrongness1017@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get that… dealing with hanging indentation was annoying.

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• turnip@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’re keeping it entrenched.

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  • iegod@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lack of quality replacement is keeping it entrenched. LibreOffice needs to step it up.

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    • Grappling7155@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Have you tried OnlyOffice?

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• aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  and word is better at formatting?

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve used LibreOffice for years, and formatting is a constant struggle. I end up looking online to figure out how to make a small, simple change, and it turns out the only way to do it is by messing with styles, which is way more than I want. The focus on styles is LO’s biggest drawback, IMO.

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• MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sometimes proprietary software is still better than free or open-source software in several ways.

  Other times, it’s the other way around, and in some cases, they’re similar, but everyone chooses based on their convenience and needs.

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