Posted on Sep 17, 2015
Where's the rest of the small percentage of people that use an office suite that's NOT Microsoft Office?
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I used Libre Office, it's free and better than Open Office in my opinion, but military members can get Microsoft Office 2016 for only $10-$20.
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I try to use LO/OO whenever possible.
However having a bazillion MS Office users sort of forces the hand.
However having a bazillion MS Office users sort of forces the hand.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. Windows is running over 90% of the business computers worldwide. Office goes hand in hand with that. Especially now that Office 365 has deferred some of the cost associated with office.
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You have the option, at least in LO, to save/open in MS formats. I'm not too sure about advanced features, but I know basic features transfer quite well.
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It would have been great if you had an other option SGT (Join to see). I primarily use MS Office for Word, Email, and Powerpoint. I still use an ancient Lotus Suite copy of 1-2-3 for some spreadsheets with Excel for others. I use Google Chrome much more that Internet Explorer as well. I went backwards for Windows and Microsoft Office so that I am using Windows 7 Ultimate operating system and MS Office 2007.
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I use Libre Office and Mozilla Thunderbird in lieu of Microsoft Office. Firefox is the best browser I've used.
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I use Open Office on a regular basis on my Win95 and WinXP machines. I also use Open Office on my Linux desktop machines. I do use MS Office at work and on my Win7 and Win10 machines at home.
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I used to use Open Office religiously, most because it was free and fairly compatible with only minor formatting and calculation/formula issues.
However, I recently recommended it to a friend of mine and when he downloaded it he also got a lot of malware/bloatware.
Consider this though - why use others when you can get office for $10 if you're military or a government employee?
I do use Mozilla Foxit Reader for PDFs usually at home though.
However, I recently recommended it to a friend of mine and when he downloaded it he also got a lot of malware/bloatware.
Consider this though - why use others when you can get office for $10 if you're military or a government employee?
I do use Mozilla Foxit Reader for PDFs usually at home though.
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Libre Office is free and bundled in most linux distros I've used. Evince and Foxit Reader are very simple alternatives for Adobe Reader.
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MAJ (Join to see)
SGT (Join to see) - Never heard of Libre Office, but I'll have to check it out. I've used Foxit Reader and love it for my home use. At work I have Adobe Reader Pro, so I'll stick with it only because the Pro functionality is quite amazing and versatile.
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SSG Robert Webster
MAJ (Join to see) & SGT (Join to see), I have been using a number of products from the company called Adobe for a very long time. I have never knew that there was such a product as "Adobe Reader Pro", nor have I ever heard of "Adobe Pro". PostScript, Acrobat Reader, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, ; those I have heard of. Adobe, the company has a large line of products and several of those have been designated with either the "Pro" or "Professional" label. It is really difficult to provide support to someone, when they say - "You know, Adobe." And you don't know if they are talking about one of the Reader products, or less likely one of the Acrobat products.
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Haha I just answered your other question but I've toyed with this as well. I used mozilla suite for some time. The problem always come back to compatibility. I've used about 4 other options, but never had success making things seamless when having to go back to office to share with someone else. I use google docs occasionally still now, especially if sharing something with my wife on her mac. Makes it a little easier. I do like open office.
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I stay away from Google as much as possible. I've only used Mozilla's Thunderbird and Firefox. I know Libre Office has an option to save to Microsoft formats.
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