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Troll question indeed. Pretty much every LO post anywhere has in the comments someone claiming that: * an unspecified version of LO is incompatible * with an

Troll question indeed. Pretty much every LO post anywhere has in the comments someone claiming that: * an unspecified version of LO is incompatible * with an unspecified document * from an unspecified version of MS Office * in some unspecified manner * therefore LO is unusable. The correct answer is: "Bug report with test document, or it didn't happen." The other standard troll comment is "why don't they have a ribbon yet, it looks so ooooold". Which you'll see on this post too. (and they are indeed working on this precise thing. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/NotebookBar https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/NotebookBar )

bitwize 10y ago
Most of us have work to do. When we receive a document -- which may contain confidential, trade-secret, or even classified information -- that doesn't work in LO, we don't have the time to stop what we're doing, discern what in the document is giving us the problem, and craft a test document that replicates the provlem well enough to fix the bug. Our software needs to support us 100% in our work, which means 100% compatibility with established formats, or it's not going on our computer. Those are the only two choices. The Ribbon is Microsoft-patented tech. Adopting it in LO would be infringing. Yes, all this means Microsoft Office is the only viable solution. Cowboy up and purchase the fucking software.
- davidgerard 10y ago
  This would be an argument if MS Office were compatible to this degree with its own previous versions, which it just isn't. There's no excuse for literally not even naming the versions of the software in question, let alone describing the actual problem, if one is going to take time out of one's furiously demanding work day to post a troll comment. Bug report and test document or it didn't happen.

bitwize 10y ago

Most of us have work to do. When we receive a document -- which may contain confidential, trade-secret, or even classified information -- that doesn't work in LO, we don't have the time to stop what we're doing, discern what in the document is giving us the problem, and craft a test document that replicates the provlem well enough to fix the bug. Our software needs to support us 100% in our work, which means 100% compatibility with established formats, or it's not going on our computer. Those are the only two choices. The Ribbon is Microsoft-patented tech. Adopting it in LO would be infringing. Yes, all this means Microsoft Office is the only viable solution. Cowboy up and purchase the fucking software.

davidgerard 10y ago
This would be an argument if MS Office were compatible to this degree with its own previous versions, which it just isn't. There's no excuse for literally not even naming the versions of the software in question, let alone describing the actual problem, if one is going to take time out of one's furiously demanding work day to post a troll comment. Bug report and test document or it didn't happen.