Like Word, it probably isn’t the best tool for something book length. It’s really designed for letters and short reports. It can be done; I know brave souls who

Like Word, it probably isn’t the best tool for something book length. It’s really designed for letters and short reports. It can be done; I know brave souls who have written theses with Open Office. I just wouldn’t personally give up the stability and neatness of working with plain-text source.