Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

On 15/05/2012 5:52 PM, Pieter E. Zanstra wrote:
> Like it or not, only one thing matters:
> Seemless file exchange with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Period!
> Pieter
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Paré [mailto:marc@marcpare.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:33 AM
> > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> > Subject: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice for Academic Work --
> > College/University
> >
> > I need to work out a short note about use of LibreOffice in an
> > academic environment. What would some of you, who are using
> > LibreOffice, consider necessary to use LibreOffice in an
> > academic setting.
> >
> > I am not looking for a "wish-list", but a list of any
> > extensions/add-ons to LibreOffice that are available right
> > now. Is LibreOffice sufficient as is, or do any of you have
> > any suggestions of add-ons that are really needed for such a
> > setting as a college/university/academic environment?
> >
> > Thanks for any input.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
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I agree that is the worse thing that I do not like about LibreOffice, is 
that there is no sufficient compatibility with Microsoft Office.
An Example are pptx files, that have formatting errors where the text 
does not fit on the same slide, and runs off the page. so everything has 
to be re-sized again. all the text boxes.
I hope Microsoft Office support Libreoffice file formats the odf formats 
in there next office release, as then it would help more compatibility 
issues and problems with files and formatting hopefully being fixed.
Microsoft are not the only company that have this problem, working with 
Apple iwork files also has formatting problems with Calc in Libreoffice 
when apple convert them to an xls format. i don't understand how that works
LibreOffice and Google Docs (Drive) still don't work together sometimes 
especially with fonts and formatting errors. Although again, its a 
google issue not an issue with libreoffice.
In An Academic environment, I believe the software suite could work, 
although I am restricted currently at the moment only allowed to use 
Microsoft Office. I am a student at a school, the thing that annoys me, 
is when microsoft office lags, and it hangs, on school computers. It 
then wastes  a lot of my time when typing a document (somtimes crashing 
and the document doesn't want to retrieve!). Then when I am at home, 
libreoffice always works flawlessly.


ljelly.



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