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So, universities using proprietary formats (Power Point instead of Libre/Open Office) encourage students to buy Microsoft products. Times have not changed as mu

So, universities using proprietary formats (Power Point instead of Libre/Open Office) encourage students to buy Microsoft products. Times have not changed as much as we'd like to think.

kvb 13y ago
Which tablet/device in this price range is best for editing Libre/Open Office documents?
jmduke 13y ago
For Windows, the Office software suite is far and away superior to open-source alternatives. If you're using them heavily, the amount of effort/time you'd lose wrangling with Libre is not worth it (I know, I tried.)
- bluedino 13y ago
  It's also what they're going to use when they are done with college and working for most companies.
  - rbanffy 13y ago
    And those who start companies, will be more likely to mandate Office because it's all they ever knew.
- speeder 13y ago
  I don't get why people say that. I am using Libre Office for about 10 years already without issue, except to open proprietary formats...
  - Joeri 13y ago
    Have you used ms office? I've used both extensively and ms office is clearly and obviously superior in my opinion. Superior in usability, not in functionality (you can do everything with LO, it just takes more work).
    - deno 13y ago
      I’ve published an entire dictionary with Libre Office + Python alone. Didn’t find anything missing. Please provide specific examples. http://medipage.pl/pl/p/Medyczny-slownik-kolokacji.-Polsko-Angielski-%E2%80%A2-Angielsko-Polski/1841 http://medipage.pl/pl/p/Medyczny-slownik-kolokacji.-Polsko-A... https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/deno/S%C5%82ownik+Kolokacji+Medycznych+(sales+promo).pdf https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/deno/S%C5%82ownik+Kolokac...
  - archivator 13y ago
    I'm a huge FOSS proponent but the Ribbon design blows the LibreOffice design out of the water in terms of UX. I'm seriously more productive with MS Office and I've been using OO/LO for 4 years now!
- OrsenPike 13y ago
  I couldn't disagree more. Yes Office has loads and loads of extra features but I have never seen a university use anything more than the most basic of features. LibreOffice covers this completely and I find it insane that people think that they need Microsoft Office in order to do such basic tasks.
  - criley2 13y ago
    Quite frankly, for those use cases simple solutions like Google Docs are every bit as effective. But when we get into styles, layouts, designs, working with tables, and any kind of generally complicated document, LibreOffice just starts breaking down. I'm forced to use LO at work, but I keep Office 11 at home. My presentations look better than my coworkers, my documents are cleaner and I work more quickly than they do. I can't begin to explain how much support I offer LibreOffice friends in the office here on "why the numbered list stopped numbering" or "how do I fix this random tabbing issue" or "why is there extra space over here" or "why did my font stop applying?" or "how come the table isn't spacing properly?" any number of a thousand other tiny annoyances that simply manifest far less often in Office. Fortunately, we've been migrating to Google Docs in the office away from LibreOffice, and the requests for support are already way down. Docs isn't perfect but it's definitely better than LO if you have a modern browser and are doing basic word processing.
angersock 13y ago
mmmm yes tell me more about the free software on the apple store

So, universities using proprietary formats (Power Point instead of Libre/Open Office) encourage students to buy Microsoft products. Times have not changed as much as we'd like to think.

kvb 13y ago

Which tablet/device in this price range is best for editing Libre/Open Office documents?

jmduke 13y ago

For Windows, the Office software suite is far and away superior to open-source alternatives. If you're using them heavily, the amount of effort/time you'd lose wrangling with Libre is not worth it (I know, I tried.)

bluedino 13y ago
It's also what they're going to use when they are done with college and working for most companies.
- rbanffy 13y ago
  And those who start companies, will be more likely to mandate Office because it's all they ever knew.
speeder 13y ago
I don't get why people say that. I am using Libre Office for about 10 years already without issue, except to open proprietary formats...
- Joeri 13y ago
  Have you used ms office? I've used both extensively and ms office is clearly and obviously superior in my opinion. Superior in usability, not in functionality (you can do everything with LO, it just takes more work).
  - deno 13y ago
    I’ve published an entire dictionary with Libre Office + Python alone. Didn’t find anything missing. Please provide specific examples. http://medipage.pl/pl/p/Medyczny-slownik-kolokacji.-Polsko-Angielski-%E2%80%A2-Angielsko-Polski/1841 http://medipage.pl/pl/p/Medyczny-slownik-kolokacji.-Polsko-A... https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/deno/S%C5%82ownik+Kolokacji+Medycznych+(sales+promo).pdf https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/deno/S%C5%82ownik+Kolokac...
- archivator 13y ago
  I'm a huge FOSS proponent but the Ribbon design blows the LibreOffice design out of the water in terms of UX. I'm seriously more productive with MS Office and I've been using OO/LO for 4 years now!
OrsenPike 13y ago
I couldn't disagree more. Yes Office has loads and loads of extra features but I have never seen a university use anything more than the most basic of features. LibreOffice covers this completely and I find it insane that people think that they need Microsoft Office in order to do such basic tasks.
- criley2 13y ago
  Quite frankly, for those use cases simple solutions like Google Docs are every bit as effective. But when we get into styles, layouts, designs, working with tables, and any kind of generally complicated document, LibreOffice just starts breaking down. I'm forced to use LO at work, but I keep Office 11 at home. My presentations look better than my coworkers, my documents are cleaner and I work more quickly than they do. I can't begin to explain how much support I offer LibreOffice friends in the office here on "why the numbered list stopped numbering" or "how do I fix this random tabbing issue" or "why is there extra space over here" or "why did my font stop applying?" or "how come the table isn't spacing properly?" any number of a thousand other tiny annoyances that simply manifest far less often in Office. Fortunately, we've been migrating to Google Docs in the office away from LibreOffice, and the requests for support are already way down. Docs isn't perfect but it's definitely better than LO if you have a modern browser and are doing basic word processing.

angersock 13y ago

mmmm yes tell me more about the free software on the apple store