Topic: Which is the better free word processing software?
Anonymous A started this discussion 5 years ago #101,632
I always thought they were practically the same, but I'm not so sure about that.
Which do you all prefer?
Which do you all prefer?
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenOffice | 1 | 20% | |
| LibreOffice | 4 | 80% |
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 12 minutes later[^] [v] #1,147,635
Libre takes less memory, and is easier to use. It is based on OpenOffice.
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,636
Open Office got bought by "The Man", and Libreoffice split off at that point and continued developing from them
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,637
@previous (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
Libre is actually really good. Word is still superior, but now MS wants you to buy a monthly subscription. Total BS. Over the years, you would end paying exponentially more than just buying a local copy.
Libre is actually really good. Word is still superior, but now MS wants you to buy a monthly subscription. Total BS. Over the years, you would end paying exponentially more than just buying a local copy.
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 12 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,638
@previous (B)
You can still buy it for $149.99 if you don't want to subscribe: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2019/cfq7ttc0k7c8
MS pushes the Office 365 subscription more (for obvious reasons) but you can still buy a lifetime copy. Of course then you have to buy a new one in a few years when they change the formats.
You can still buy it for $149.99 if you don't want to subscribe: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2019/cfq7ttc0k7c8
MS pushes the Office 365 subscription more (for obvious reasons) but you can still buy a lifetime copy. Of course then you have to buy a new one in a few years when they change the formats.
Madam Cassandra joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 5 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,639
My vote would be for Office 97, if you are lucky enough to score a copy. It may cost you $5 or so.
I'm more a spreadsheet user, try opening a million cell spreadsheet in the freebies and see how long it takes. How do you make a million cell spreadsheet? Copy and paste one cell 20 times.
I'm more a spreadsheet user, try opening a million cell spreadsheet in the freebies and see how long it takes. How do you make a million cell spreadsheet? Copy and paste one cell 20 times.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,640
I do like LibreOffice but the font kerning was garbage. Even for me it made it unusable and I'm not even a font geek like Becky.
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dw replied with this 5 years ago, 3 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,740
@1,147,708 (H)irl it's cutting off the sides of the glyph body so the letters can be spaced properly (and overlap with the next glyph if needed). it takes experience and visual skills to do well.
in digital type kerning is done by the type designer, where they manually* look at every possible combination of glyphs in the font and set the distance between them. this is a long and expensive process and a big reason why some fonts are free and some €300 a font, as in just the bold or the italic.
there's also automatic kerning which is used by default in most word processors, but they don't do a particularly good job.
*assuming it's a good font.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 53 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,759
@previous (dw)
I would probably blow my brains out if I had to manually combine and adjust every possible combination of letters and numbers :(
I would probably blow my brains out if I had to manually combine and adjust every possible combination of letters and numbers :(
dw replied with this 5 years ago, 32 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,147,787
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
yeah there's like 200 characters in each font so you have to be really into composition i guess
yeah there's like 200 characters in each font so you have to be really into composition i guess