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LibreOffice wee (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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Now. Why am I wrong for Libre

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What exactly is the alternative?

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Literally any typesetting software.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Go on?

There is absolutely no way that I am teaching Jan in accounting to use Latex.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Does Jan in accounting make a lot of documents beyond a simple text block?

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 45 minutes ago

Yes. She needs to add images, format text by highlighting and click an easy button, and insert an excel table.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

For precise, intricate layouts I'll take InDesign or Quark XPress any day. That said, it's been a while since I last used those.

[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What exactly is the alternative?

I'd bet the rent that the Microsoft critics prefer a command-line text editor.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yep can see it already. > Just use Vim

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

Defending Word and conflating programming and a command line in a single sentence.