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Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward (www.ghacks.net)
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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (11 children)

"Fuck you, Microsoft." -Everyone, at all times

Even if you're not ready to come to Linux, you're definitely ready to switch to LibreOffice. I dare you to try it.

[–] xvertigox@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm using OnlyOffice bins on linux and find it to be a fantastic suite for my (minimal) uses. Not sure how it works on Windows though.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I'm unclear on the differences between OpenOffice (which I genuinely thought was retired, didn't realize it was still a thing) and LibreOffice. If it ever gives you trouble, do make the switch.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

which I genuinely thought was retired, didn’t realize it was still a thing

It's not gone. It's still around. Libre is forked from OpenOffice. When Libre was forked, everyone moved to Libre because Open has a lot of issues, which is why Libre was forked.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Got it. Thanks.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

OnlyOffice, not OpenOffice. This is a different suite entirely. Might be better for people coming from MS Office, since it looks practically identical. Also supports opening multiple files as tabs.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Only office is designed for people who work with MS files. Libre Office is for people who work with open files.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Ah. I tried that a few times and didn't care for it myself. Weird that my brain thought it saw OpenOffice.

[–] sonstwas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

It's still being kept barely alive for whatever reason. But it hasn't gotten any reasonable updates (I think not even including security updates as of recently, see https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/ ).

See also https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/

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