doc-for instance, Palatino gets changed to Times New Roman, 10 point Helvetica remains Helvetica, but it gets changed to 10 point and who knows what else. docx files, but also even some simple formatting options, like the font, font size, etc. doc, but that format doesn't save some of the newer Microsoft Word formatting options you can choose for. docx format, since Microsoft has a copyright on the format-instead, OpenOffice can save files as. docx files, and you can edit them just fine, when it comes time to save your changes, you can't save the file in.
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This was well known as far back as the DOS days, when they sought to break competitors' products that ran in DOS, and prevent Windows and other MS products from running on DR DOS, which otherwise was vastly more competent and superior to MS DOS.
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Microsoft is known to inject malware-like code into their products in order to break compatibility. I do like having a program that is still active and LibreOffice seems to be just like OpenOffice so it's not a big switch. Thanks everyone for helping me switch from OpenOffice. I will however be adding Word for editing what my editor sends me, but it seems I need a 2010 or higher version which is what I will get.
They are all helpful, but I do need to work with my editor and don't want to switch editors simply because I'm having issues with the files she is sending so I will be using LibreOffice to create, because Word doesn't mesh with being as friendly as the open source programs for me. docx file in LibreOffice.Įdit: I thank you for all the answers. Wanted to see now if anyone has been successful with a. LibreOffice seems like a good option for creating the file, but I think I will need to get a different Word for the documents I get from my editor. It did open, but when I pressed enter to add a space to the paragraph the program crashed, the same as OpenOffice. I see the format is the same as OpenOffice and looks the same. Is there a version of Word that does the strike through like Open Office?Įdit - Thank you for all the suggestions. I can see it this way in Open Office, but the program will crash or not save correctly so I will have to use Word. I like the content my editor is recommending to get rid of right near the edit with a strike through. I could only afford Office 2003 right now and the way it makes me accept or reject the changes is not good. Problem is Open Office seems to start crashing when I try to work with the Word files on return. I started with Open Office and find it comfortable as well as a bit simpler to use, but I did get Word to use with files my editor sends me, but I have opened a file and could tell I liked Open Office better. I joined this place today and was wondering what is the most popular program with the writers here.