Re: Microsoft Forcing Windows Users Into LibreOffice

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/#