From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   T  wrote:   
   > On 1/14/26 7:01 PM, knuttle wrote:   
   >> If you buy the standalone MS 365 student or home it is a lot cheaper and   
   >> the payoff is less than a year vs the subscription.   
   >>   
   >> Some time ago I purchased a new computer for the church.  I received it   
   >> on Thursday and had to have it operational by Monday.  I tried for over   
   >> a day first to transfer the standalone MS office (purchase about 2 years   
   >> ago) from the old computer and was getting no where and time was running   
   >> out.   Then, I tried to use the church subscription to MS 365. That   
   >> failed miserably.   
   >>   
   >> In desperation I downloaded LibreOffice which I had heard about but   
   >> never use, thinking a working spreadsheet and word processor were better   
   >> than none.   
   >>   
   >> That was back in April.  While I eventually got MS Office transferred to   
   >> the new computer.  But I am still using LibreOffice for the work I have   
   >> to do for the church.   
   >>   
   >> First it is free. It takes a couple of minute to update unlike MS Office   
   >> which takes 5 minutes to see if it needs updating and then another 5 to   
   >> 10 minus for the update to install.   
   >>   
   >> I find it can do any thing that I could do in MS Office. In my use, all   
   >> files are completely compatible in the MS format.   
   >>   
   >> The user interface is significantly simpler, No more looking up a   
   >> function and being give a button to the function but never telling where   
   >> it is located in the labyrinth ribbon menu.   
   >>   
   >> For simple editing and formatting it is the same as MS Office. For   
   >> complex formatting I still rely on WordPerfect with the its format codes.   
   >>   
   >> I have no plan of ever going back to MS Office 365   
   >   
   > Wow!   I have yet to get a customer that uses M$ Office to   
   > switch to LibreOffice.  In my technical opinion, LO is   
   > easier to use than M$O.  But there is the "I CAN'T   
   > LEARN ANYTHING NEW!!!" problem.   
      
   For domestic users LO is fine, but as soon as you have professional or   
   corporate needs LO is substandard. Particularly the powerpoint equivalent.   
   Trying to use track changes with anyone using word fails miserably.   
      
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