From: keith_nuttle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 02/16/2026 4:04 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 16/02/2026 4:54 am, s|b wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:33:22 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Back when I was in the Aust Army (80s/90s), the Army or Defence had a   
   >>> deal with, I think, Lotus whereby everybody that wanted it could use the   
   >>> Lotus Office Suite gratis!! In the Army Office and/or at home.   
   >>   
   >> There is no such thing as gratis; that's how they drag you in. (-;   
   >   
   > What's the saying "If you get something for free, then YOU are the   
   > product!!"   
   >   
   >>> Since then, I've used Linux a lot so no MSOffice, so I've switched to   
   >>> LibreOffice.   
   >>   
   >> I didn't want to pay for M$ Office or use a cracked version, so I   
   >> switched to Open Office and then LibreOffice. My mother, sister and aunt   
   >> all use it (I didn't give them a choice :-).   
   >>   
   > OpenOffice ... that's another one I've used along the way.   
   No; what he was saying is that he got tired of the MS Office BS.   The   
   main things I like about LibreOffice are:   
      
   1.  It updates and installs in a much shorter time the MS. I can update   
   LibreOffice in a couple of minutes while at the computer.  With MS   
   Office I usually started the upgrade and then went to work on something   
   else for the many minutes it took to download and install the update.   
      
   2.  The Help really provides help, in that it shows you where the   
   function that you want is located in the menu, rather than doing if for   
   you.  For one time it is nice to have an active link to a function from   
   Help, but when you are not told where it is to be found in the menu, you   
   have to do multiple Help searches, or spend time doing the google   
   research to find the locations   
      
   3. The menus in LibreOffice are much easier to navigate. You can access   
   nearly any function in the menu with about three clicks.  One to select   
   the the folder, one to access the function, and maybe a third to select   
   an option.   Each function is identified by a simple word   
      
   With MS Office you have to puzzled out the glyph that represents the   
   function among many that look similar after scrolling through the menu.   
      
   4. For my use it is completely compatible with the programs that I use.   
      
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