Thanks, going to try out LibreOffice. Does it has same (or similar) functions as Word itself?
Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
This is certainly about making sure your files are safe and definitely not about stealing your data for training AI. /s
Don’t let Murdersoft steal your data. Don’t contribute to their corruption or genocide assistance.
Step 1: fedoraproject.org
Step 2: www.libreoffice.org
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It’s designed to be very similar. If you are already familiar with Word, you should feel right at home.
innermachine@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’m not exactly s power user in Microsoft office, but I found using libre office to be very similar. Never had issues using it for school back in the day and I’m sure it’s better now.
Crismus@lemmy.world 56 minutes ago
My only problem is how Libre Office handles their style system. It’s forced use for things like Footers, and very hard to manipulate and turn off unlike Word.
My own way to bypass it was to replace a new document text into an old converted word text that had the correct footer pages from Word.
I really hate page and Style guides because they always want to propagate everything through entire documents, instead of only changing things on a page by page basis. Adding things to previous pages when you change something isn’t helpful.
otacon239@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’ve been using it for over a decade now and have only rarely come across broken documents due to proprietary features. If you’re making docs for yourself, I’d say it’s pretty much a 100% replacement. Things can get a bit more fucky if you’re having exchanges where you edit with Libre and someone else edits with Word. But other than that, they’re pretty darn close.
_cnt0@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
It doesn’t make it flawless (at all), but installing the microsoft fonts helps. Most distros have a package or helper tool for that.
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
No. That’s the point. LibreOffice does not send your data to Microsoft.
LibreOffice is what Microsoft Office WAS without the bugs. If Word and Excel worked for you before the cloud, Libre is golden.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
Pretty much. It was OpenOffice years ago, but then Oracle got involved and so all the devs left and put a new name on it.
innermachine@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
As a clueless individual, how are they assisting genocide?
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
A simple search for “microsoft genocide” would have given you those answers. But if that’s too much work, here you go.
innermachine@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Wow thanks for the resources! I appreciate you dropping links I had no idea this was going on. Of course Google and Amazon are involved too, could have figured as much. Appears the only way do avoid the military industrial complex is to cease using anything provided from our oligarch overlords. What an age we live in.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Working hand in hand with the Israeli government in mass surveillance and (likely) AI-generated targeting data.
innermachine@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Another user just linked some resources. Incredible the bullshit going on these days. So much going on it’s hard for me to keep up with it all but I’m glad to be enlightened.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I’m 99% of the way on LibreOffice. Gave it a solid go, but the main thing I use in excel is too cumbersome in Libre. I think it’s a great option for many people though.