▲ 958 ▼ Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward (www.ghacks.net) submitted 1 year ago by simple@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 313 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] xvertigox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children) I'm unclear on the differences between OpenOffice (which I genuinely thought was retired, didn't realize it was still a thing) and LibreOffice. If it ever gives you trouble, do make the switch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) OnlyOffice, not OpenOffice. This is a different suite entirely. Might be better for people coming from MS Office, since it looks practically identical. Also supports opening multiple files as tabs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago Ah. I tried that a few times and didn't care for it myself. Weird that my brain thought it saw OpenOffice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Only office is designed for people who work with MS files. Libre Office is for people who work with open files. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sonstwas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago It's still being kept barely alive for whatever reason. But it hasn't gotten any reasonable updates (I think not even including security updates as of recently, see https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/ ). See also https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent [+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Got it. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children) I'm unclear on the differences between OpenOffice (which I genuinely thought was retired, didn't realize it was still a thing) and LibreOffice. If it ever gives you trouble, do make the switch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) OnlyOffice, not OpenOffice. This is a different suite entirely. Might be better for people coming from MS Office, since it looks practically identical. Also supports opening multiple files as tabs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago Ah. I tried that a few times and didn't care for it myself. Weird that my brain thought it saw OpenOffice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Only office is designed for people who work with MS files. Libre Office is for people who work with open files. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sonstwas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago It's still being kept barely alive for whatever reason. But it hasn't gotten any reasonable updates (I think not even including security updates as of recently, see https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/ ). See also https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent [+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Got it. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) OnlyOffice, not OpenOffice. This is a different suite entirely. Might be better for people coming from MS Office, since it looks practically identical. Also supports opening multiple files as tabs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago Ah. I tried that a few times and didn't care for it myself. Weird that my brain thought it saw OpenOffice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Only office is designed for people who work with MS files. Libre Office is for people who work with open files. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago Ah. I tried that a few times and didn't care for it myself. Weird that my brain thought it saw OpenOffice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Only office is designed for people who work with MS files. Libre Office is for people who work with open files. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sonstwas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago It's still being kept barely alive for whatever reason. But it hasn't gotten any reasonable updates (I think not even including security updates as of recently, see https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/ ). See also https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Got it. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent