Gregory's Server@remixtures I don't understand is it really hard to switch to other #FOSS alternatives like #Libreoffice and #Onlyoffice.
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@pthane @javalps @remixtures I reluctantly use MS Word most of the time at work because a good proportion of forms I need to fill out work poorly in LibreOffice. That said, I think I'll change my default application for .doc(x) files to LO and only use Word when LO doesn't work. It's tempting to start creating long new files in Word using https://randomtextgenerator.com/ or a similar site for every non-random file, too.  @javalps @remixtures @javalps @remixtures yes, it's hard to switch to a different office package. It's no harder than switching between versions of MS Office and people have done that multiple times. But only when forced to by an upgrade, new machine, or new job, and often with a *lot* of complaining. "Why do they have to change things?" is a common refrain when the Save icon is a few pixels further right. People typically don't learn to use computers by understanding, they learn to use their own by rote.  Wife complains about it not being MS word, which ahe is used to at work. She also has the option of MS word from 22 years ago, which I found sitting on a work network cd drive, but that is too old and not the same, despite it being able to do 99.999% of what she does at work. @SuperMoosie @remixtures I use #Obsidian and I want everything in Obsidian. My friend use #Notion and want everything in Notion. If I or my friend have to change our workspace, it would be difficult & frustrating even if our work are mostly identical, just note-taking. What I want to say is, I understand you. The thing with software is, it's just like life. New things come up every once in a decade and you've to adapt to it. Like life, new problems new solutions.  @SuperMoosie @javalps @remixtures  @SuperMoosie Divorce is always an option. Desperate times call for desperate measures! @MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures What I'm saying is, you should not go for a divorce just because you wife uses #MSword. @javalps Um, I understand that when talking about computer technology, many people can't see when something is a joke. What I said was a joke. Clearly no sane person would recommend someone get a divorce because of their spouse using a perticular brand of software ... ... unless it was published by Microsoft!!! Again, a joke ... (probably). @MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures Yea ! I thought you're serious. Pls use emojis(π , π, π, π€, π, πΆ, etc.) in jokes. It helps to differentiate. @javalps But this conversation just made it funnier! It's like the Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene where Lancelot just keeps running toward the castle, and then they cut to the two guards watching him approach, and then cut back to Lancelot running toward the castle, and then cut back to the guards, and then they cut back to Lancelot running toward the castle ...  @MattMerk @javalps @SuperMoosie @remixtures "Nobody got divorced for buying Microsoft" @dpwiz @MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures Yeah ! My bad. I didn't realise it was a joke. |
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For most people it's dead easy. There can be problems for people working with very complex documents who need 100% compatibility with co-workers on MS Office, but I wrote magazine and web content for 20 years using first Open Office and later Libre Office. Never had a problem.
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