It’s for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

  • arsenelupin@awful.systemsEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This really depends on what she’s using it for. If she’s going to use it for anything business related, she needs a legal copy. That includes her sitting down to write the next great American novel or Sookie Stackhouse series. If she’s just needs to open recipes someone else sends her, not a problem at all.

  • VodkaSolution @feddit.itEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Out of curiosity: what she doesn’t like?
    I bought my license for like 4 or 5 usd after a life of sailing and using libreoffice, not on ebay but on one of those praised website that sells key for games and such

  • NeuronautML@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It might sound like a pretty obvious thing, but have you tried changing the tools into the “Tabbed ribbon” that office uses instead of the classic old 90s organization scheme in options ?

    I have come to notice that when people who don’t really work with computers very well, in particular boomers, say that they can stand LibreOffice, they mean they don’t like the layout of the tools, because they can’t find anything they need. I suppose they just got used to where everything is with modern office.

    Just change it and see if she will like it better. Usually solves it for the boomers i help. Nothing is holding LibreOffice back more than their default layout scheme. They really don’t know their target audience’s pain points AT ALL. Just goes to show why you need to study your users using the product without being explained anything.

    I don’t get why their default is a layout that has been outdated for 24 years. Nostalgia or what? Only really old people who used computers in the 90s a lot will intuitively find it useful.

  • bigkahuna1986@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    You could tell your mom the real price of MS office. She might suddenly stand LibreOffice just fine.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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      5 months ago

      i’m always amused by the reaction of my friends when i tell them that office costs $10 per month. They are all always “whaaaaat?? This POS is this expensive??”

      • abbadon420@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Screw word. I’m studying Software Development, but I have to write all these management reports for various classes. I’m just writing them in LaTeX now, so it feels like I’m coding while I’m writing a paper. Implement some new fancy features every time that I than have to debug like I do with code.

  • someguy3@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    You can change libreoffice to have the ribbon and act more like ms office.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 months ago

      There is some functionality not available through the web apps. If you work in a corporate setting, the odds are really good that the web apps won’t be adequate for you.

      One example that comes to mind is not me of our clients that has us file a report once per quarter. The report is an Excel spreadsheet that can be filled but not edited. The submission demands that the file be then password edit protected and uploaded along with the password. You cannot secure files that way via the web app. We literally keep a Windows VM with the a copy of the desktop office suite, just for this client’s quarterly form.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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    5 months ago

    i came across a guide on rentry that said how to permanently activate office 365 downloading from official microsoft servers

    don’t have the link

  • PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’ve had success using a cracked Office 2013 installation. The older ones don’t have as sophisticated anti piracy measures and don’t unactivate themselves as often.

    I eventually got my dad to use Libre office. There are several different ui layouts and one of the is really similar to ms office.