MS Word deserves DEATH says Brit SciFi author

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  1. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

    MS Word deserves DEATH says Brit SciFi author Charles Stross

    Blimey! Hasn't he heard of OpenOffice?
     
  2. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

    Hype is the best way of garnering attention.
    Mrk
     
  3. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

    As every author knows ... ;)
     
  4. Pinga

    Pinga Registered Member

    Speaking of which - now that OpenOffice has made a surprise comeback, apparently at the expense of LibreOffice in terms of numbers of downloads - are there any new compelling arguments for choosing one over the other?
     
  5. pajenn

    pajenn Registered Member

    so he's a linux user who has to use MS Word because that's what his editors and everyone else uses. I know LibreOffice/OpenOffice let you save files in doc format but often they don't look quite right when the person at the other end opens the doc file with MS Word. Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft deliberately designed its doc/x and other file formats in an obtusely complex way for this very reason, more likely though it's just a biproduct of a lazy file format design. (i ran into similar problems on a smaller scale back in the day when I tried to switch from MS Office to OpenOffice).
     
  6. fax

    fax Registered Member

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  8. The Red Moon

    The Red Moon Registered Member

    Many of the classical authors created their masterpieces long before MS word was even conceived.

    Maybe charles needs to dump MS word altogether and just write the old fashioned way.
     
  9. NGRhodes

    NGRhodes Registered Member

    You mean using LyX/LaTeX ;) :D ?
     
  10. fax

    fax Registered Member

  11. Andz

    Andz Registered Member

    Is the WordPerfect file format a good alternative, or is it just as bad?
     
  12. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

    I like WordPerfect a lot more. But I think their format is as closed as it gets.
     
  13. Andz

    Andz Registered Member

    Are you using it on Ubuntu?
     
  14. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

    No I don't. I used to use it in Windows 8 few months ago. Ever since Mr. Snowden enlightened me about NSA I try to no longer buy/use proprietary software due to possibility of backdoor.
    I use Libre Office now as my main word processor. For every now and then when I edit my resume I have Microsoft Office XP with Windows XP running in virtual machine. And after Wine fully supports Microsoft Office XP, I will probably drop the virtual machine and run it directly on Linux.
     
  15. Victek

    Victek Registered Member

  16. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

    OpenOffice actually works properly? ;)
     
  17. Victek

    Victek Registered Member

    Are you saying it actually doesn't? ;)
     
  18. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

    Well for me, out of the two (OO & LibO), OpenOffice is the only one that actually does work properly.
     
  19. Victek

    Victek Registered Member

    That's good to know, thanks :) It's a more reasonable download too. What's up with the LibO installer being over 200megs?
     
  20. Chuck57

    Chuck57 Registered Member

    With a typewriter.

    I still have my old Royal, circa 1940. I have to think before I type, rather than just tap out words on a keyboard.
     
  21. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

    Nah, they don't need technology like that. You can do the same with good ol' cave paintings.
     
  22. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

    For all I know The Document Foundation have fixed all the bugs I had with LibO. I can't ever see me using it again however. I've been using OpenOffice for over five years as an office suite & my default word processor. I need it for work anyway as I don't actually have Microsoft Office installed on any computer I own. I have AbiWord as a back-up. I even had a lot of trouble with PortableApps LibreOffice. LibreOffice has more bugs than a rain forest IMO. I just can't find a fault in OpenOffice.
     
  23. tgell

    tgell Registered Member

    I don't know about death but there sure are better alternatives out there for the average person. Personally, I found Kingsoft Office and haven't looked back. Don't need the bloat of Microsoft Office.
     
  24. Victek

    Victek Registered Member

    Last edited: Oct 16, 2013
  25. fax

    fax Registered Member

    Default on Office 2013.... I don't know about office 2007/2010. Sorry.
     
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