Re: The problem with not owning the software

On 12/27/2024 9:23 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 26/12/2024 4:39 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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As a programmer, I like to use powerful and versatile tools. That includes
the ability to automate workflow.
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Tools exist for this purpose, like odfpy for ISO 26300 files, which are
the native format of LibreOffice. And LibreOffice itself can run Python
code.

 My programming tasks has never ever needed to automate Office using VBA.

If you ever do need to automate office software or build custom applications, you'll find that MS Office and VBA is extremely superior to ALL other office software.
WordPerfect and LibreOffice also offer some automation/programmability, but not nearly at the level of MS Office.