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Robert Kingett backup to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org • 2 years ago

Very great discussion happening on more adoption of LibreOffice in educational and otherwise places.

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Very great discussion happening on more adoption of LibreOffice in educational and otherwise places.

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Robert Kingett backup to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org • 2 years ago
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Very great discussion happening on more adoption of LibreOffice in educational and otherwise places.

Yes, the title is stranegly worded, but I did want to share a productive thread happening on the Accessibility email list for LibreOffice.

You can read the thread at https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/msg01038.html

#Accessibility #LibreOffice @foss

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  • @MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca
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    12•2 years ago

    Is LibreOffice the dominant Microsoft suite competitor? I used to use OpenOffice, but it was kind of bad.

    • @rkw_social@beehaw.org
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      12•2 years ago

      It’s the dominant open source competitor. I think Google’s office suite would be their largest overall.

      • Robert Kingett backupOP
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        @rkw_social @MacroCyclo I think so as well, yes. LibreOffice is the most maintained FOS solution to Microsoft Word. Microsoft has a billion times better accessibility support, but then again, big tech is always lightyears ahead of accessibility support, sadly! Still, I hope that tide is shifting.

    • @ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.org
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      8•2 years ago

      it is and has great compatibility with office formats, such as password protected excel spreadsheets.

    • methodicalaspect
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      3•2 years ago

      Maybe give the OnlyOffice Desktop Editors a spin, too. Don’t get me wrong, LibreOffice is great and all, but OnlyOffice looks and feels a lot more familiar to Word/Excel/PowerPoint users. I’ve found that its handling of document formatting is better than LibreOffice’s.

      There’s a server component, cloud plans available, yadda yadda, but you really only need the desktop editors. https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx

      Source: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/org.onlyoffice.desktopeditors

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