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How many home users need something in MS Office that doesn't exist in Libre?
by hunter-gatherer 4y ago
How many home users need something in MS Office that doesn't exist in Libre?
- asciimov 4y agoLibre would be fine for most people but brand recognition and file compatibility are the big things that Office 365 has going for it.
- AlmostAnyone 4y agoA lot of them. Have you tried to fill out forms (for stuff like homeowner taxes, personal income tax, etc) prepared by the government office in MS Word using LibreOffice Writer? It doesn't work at all, and if it at least opens, the document as well as output is completely fucked. Anything a tiny bit smarter than your usual document (with scripts and/or macros) won't work too.
- hunter-gatherer 4y agoI mean, in the past 3 years I've sold a home, rented a place, and bought a home, and filled out my taxes and other forms from .gov websites and haven't had an issue to be honest.
- AlmostAnyone 4y agoThank the US government, they're pretty good with the digital things. The EU governments are much worse with computers - Word documents and Excel tables that don't work in LibreOffice are usual here.
- pvaldes 4y agoYep. I fixed it with Latex
- AlmostAnyone 4y agoHow did you get VBA working in Latex? I really don't want to do the dozens of tax calculations by hand.