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Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice

From	T <T@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice
Date	2025-01-17 15:20 -0800
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On 1/16/25 1:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> If you’re stubborn about sticking to Windows 10, here’s another bit of
> functionality Microsoft is going to take away from you: use of
> Microsoft Office/365.
> 
> <https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps-windows-10-end-of-support>
> 
> So what other choice do you have apart from going to an alternative
> like LibreOffice? Or abandoning Windows altogether, and embracing the
> greater options available with Linux?

Hi Lawrence,

This is my keeper on Office Suites:

I personally use LibreOffice and Only Office.

Libre Office has less bugs but is less intuitive.
It also support the Open Document spec well.
Libre Office is all as good as M$O.  Maybe better.

Only Office is very intuitive but has a ton of bugs.
It support DOCX well but is a bummer with Open
Documents.  It reads them well, be writes out
corruptions.  The solution is to write back out
as a DOCX, which rankles me.  Only Office will
come into its own eventually.  It's PDF reader
is great.

HTH,
-T

Office Suites:

Libre Office:
    http://libreoffice.org

Libre Office Extensions:
    https://extensions.libreoffice.org/

Only Office:
     https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx

Free Office (old version of Softmaker):
     https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/applications
     https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/rpm/x86_64/RPMS/

Softmaker:
     https://www.softmaker.com/en/
     https://www.softmaker.com/en/servicepacks  (has release notes)

Only Office Desktop:
     https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx

WPS Office (has an Android version):
     https://linux.wps.com/#

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Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-16 21:40 +0000
  Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 17:25 -0500
    Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 00:07 +0000
      Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 20:27 -0500
        Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 02:37 +0000
          Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-17 00:05 -0500
            Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 05:40 +0000
              Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-17 05:44 -0500
  Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-17 07:40 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-17 15:20 -0800

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