Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

Hi :)
Again, it's another advantage of OpenSource, or at least non-MS stuff.

There is an entire eco-system of similar programs and suites that can
all work on the same documents as each other but each provides for
different niches, as well as all covering all the same middle-ground
as each other.

If you see LibreOffice as just 1 product on it's own, in the same way
that MS Office is designed to be then you miss out on tons of the vast
benefit of moving to an OpenSource package such as LibreOffice.

A lot of people get confused by having such a range of choice.  They
think that just because there is such a wide range there is some
impression that they could make a wrong choice and so they want to
know "which is best".  The answer is "all of them".  For some reason
they happily choose just 1 flavour (or choose a mix) of ice-cream or
manage to choose whether to buy oranges rather than apples.  How many
people ask whether oranges are "better" than apples!!

Regards from
Tom :)



On 25 March 2014 12:33, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 3/25/2014 8:23 AM, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I suppose having options is generally a good thing, but I'd much rather
> > create and change formatting in one master document than have to change
> > and synchronize 20 or 30 subdocuments to make sure they all work
> > together. Is it better to encourage people to learn better methods of
> > working or to keep giving them the option of using older, less
> > proficient, methods?
>
>
> But who is to say *your* method is better? I can definitely see situations
> where someone would *want* the formatting from the subdocument to be
> applied, and vice versa.
>
>
> > But, by having so many options, people retain the option of never
> > learning, never growing, into more proficient document creators. Having
> > too many options keeps it easy to stagnate and continue to work harder.
>
>
> In many cases this is true, but if you take that too far... why provide the
> option to have 3rd party fonts?
>
> The bottom line is, just because *you* would do something a certain way
> doesn't mean everyone else will want to do it your way.
>
>
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