WPS office it's good too

WPS it's a "real" MS Office clone

Nah

Only in looks

It works even worse.

but overall, yeah, office is kinda bad

Here, everyone prefers MS Office

They complain: "Libre office lacks the ms office layout" bla bla bla

i prefer libre

It's not compatible

layout and design doesnt matter to me tbh

Here, everyone prefers MS Office

no real alternative other than libreoffice and google docs tbh

They complain: "Libre office lacks the ms office layout" bla bla bla

That's the least of my concerns.

If it worked even...

But functionality wise it's light-years behind Microsoft Office to be honest...

hell id use vim to do my documents if i could

if you open libreoffice exported document on another libreoffice, it's shinny

hell id use vim to do my documents if i could

You can.

It's called LaTeX

the crossover thing that aware windows users

I do exactly that

It's called LaTeX

I'm not have experienced yet

for simpler stuff markdown or rst work great

I use MarkDown for unpaginated documents, such as documentation or web posts

dang

LaTeX for formats that require pagination.

LaTeX for formats that require pagination.

I'll search for later

It works even worse.

WPS office doesn't lag like Libre Office at least and has greater compatibility with MS Office.

Thats why I use it.

LaTeX is awesome, but has a mean learning curve; but if you'd learn it, then it gets great

WPS office doesn't lag like Libre Office at least and has greater compatibility with MS Office.

^

Libre office has some bad lags.

WPS office doesn't lag like Libre Office at least and has greater compatibility with MS Office.

Enjoy Chinese spyware

Enjoy Chinese spyware

I would rather enjoy Chinese spyware over documents I'd rather gave zero fucks about, but I can't, because those are documetns with tasks for my homework, than would see missing symbols, fucked formatting and 3SPF rendering.

See now

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/27/140254/laptop-ban-on-planes-came-after-plot-to-put-explosives-in-ipad

They give you assignments in DOCX?

They give you assignments in DOCX?

And in .doc

What kind of irresponsible teachers do you have?

That's absolutely nuts

Ones that have WinXP at their workplaces?

That's absolutely nuts

Hahahaha

ODT it's far better

ODT it's far better

Absolutely not.

PDF is far better.

Ones who have to follow federal standarts over methodical materials?

Is the format you should be using when sharing documents anyway.

PDF is far better.

I have to concord you

ive never had issues with libre tbh

ppl it's so dumb with formats

i make my document then when completed i save an odt version and pdf

They are good profs.

there is no reason to send editable version for some things

But they have to follow standarts.

They are good profs.

IDK man.

Each one of them has much more experience than you have, @Rustiful.

Each one of them has much more experience than you have, @Rustiful.

I'm sure that's true

But still not a reason not to use PDF.

But still now, for example job interview, they forced you to send your curriculum in MS Office format

Standard or not.

99.9% of students use Windows and MS Office.

But still now, for example job interview, they forced you to send your curriculum in MS Office format

I wouldn't apply for such job

99.9% of students use Windows and MS Office.

Here in Spain too.

99.9% of students use Windows and MS Office.

because that is what they are taught

And same 99.9% doesn't use PDF at all.

Still no reason not to use PDF.

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And same 99.9% doesn't use PDF at all.

What?

And same 99.9% doesn't use PDF at all.

doubt

doubt

Know for sure.

Here in Spain too.

Brazil too

Them using PDF or not is irrelevant.

99.9% of students use Windows and MS Office.

Here in Argentina, people don't know what free software or GNU/Linux is.

PDF is universal.

I don't care if you use it or not.

U r sysadmins sir @Rustiful ?

Know for sure.

how?

U r sysadmins sir @Rustiful ?

Kind of

Here in Argentina, people don't know what free software or GNU/Linux is.

Not even "computer studies" teachers working at schools.

how?

Because I study with people sho never uses PDF?

Here in Argentina, people don't know what free software or GNU/Linux is.

Here it's something that is not Windows! ha ha ha ha ha

Not even "computer studies" teachers working at schools.

then they dont really know anything about computers

Who don't have a PDF reading software, except Chrome/Firefox.

Because I study with people sho never uses PDF?

and?

PDF format is widely used

and?

And that is who I was speaking about.

I wasn't speaking of everybody around the world.

And that is who I was speaking about.

you stated 99.9 percent of students

then they dont really know anything about computers

Nah, they teach us how to use Word and Excel.

But wait.

Profs work with students. Local profs work with local students.

Nah, they teach us how to use Word and Excel.

word and excel is not really harf

The teacher I got this year knows about it.

Local students don't use PDF.

The teacher I got this year knows about it.

Finally.

Local students don't use PDF.

never specified

word and excel is not really harf

For my classmates, it is.

Who don't have a PDF reading software, except Chrome/Firefox.

False.

Acrobat