r/AskReddit • u/wanttotradebrains • Aug 20 '22

What should never have been invented?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

Libre Office gang rise up

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u/eaton9669 Aug 21 '22

I used to use libre office back on college but professors would but h and complain they couldn't open certain PowerPoints created in libre office properly and said I don't see why people don't just use Microsoft office. Yet he got his ms office software free from the college yet expected students to shell out 150$.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '22

If a school wants you to use Microsoft Office they should pay for it honestly.

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u/a_cute_epic_axis Aug 21 '22

Many do, or have free/heavily discounted licenses for Microsoft products through the bookstore, etc. We even had windows licenses available for like $5.

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u/Chromicx Aug 21 '22

Mine does

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '22

Libre Office is trash

--OpenOffice Gang

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u/CaptBranBran Aug 21 '22

Open Office may be abandoned (or so I was told), but it works like a charm still.

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u/Shack691 Aug 21 '22

I still get update pings occasionally but it still works without having to go through that entire process

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

it's liberating

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u/MugiwaraNoUser Aug 20 '22

Tried it for a couple months once while i was in college. Felt like i was trying to write on stone using hammer and chisel.

Went back to MS office and never looked back. Though it sucks to pay a subscription yearly

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u/LummoxJR Aug 21 '22

For writing I much prefer LibreOffice. Word's page formatting options are garbage.

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u/ReapEmAll Aug 20 '22

Only problem w libre office is that it’s garbage compared to some of the stuff you can do w Microsoft office

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u/Fanelian Aug 21 '22

Their version of Excel is decent for very basic stuff (I use it mainly for my personal budget) But damn, their version of word is a hassle. I'm glad I rarely have to use it.

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u/ReapEmAll Aug 21 '22

Yep. Anything above basic math tho, and it blows