On 02/10/2011 09:02 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Is anyone using LibreOffice? > Did you switch from OpenOffice? > Was there any trouble switching? > Was it worth the trouble? > > I've been using OpenOffice, saving documents in .doc or .xls format, on > my Linux machine for a few years and am satisfied with it for the most > part. I still like MS Excel 97 on my XP laptop better, but can get by > with OOCalc. I am annoyed by some incompatibilities between OOWriter and > MS Word 97. Simple documents convert OK in either direction. But do > anything unique, like putting the tilde over an n in a Spanish word, or > use bullets and it's hit or miss when I open one in the other. (I > suppose it's possible that the more recent version of MS Office has > "improved" in that regard, but I'm not holding my breath!) > > Anyway, what are your thoughts on OO vs. LibreOffice? > I would look at character sets. Windows is going to force codepage 1252 down your throat. If you must interact with it, why not use the same character set in OO?
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