Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is sabotaging real work

On 2025-12-09 09:14, Jon Hughes wrote:
> I’ve been working on an anthology of short fiction, and using 
> LibreOffice Writer for the project has been an exhausting ordeal. The 
> constant formatting issues, crashes, and broken features have eroded 
> any hope of completing this work with your software. I ultimately 
> abandoned the project, deleted the manuscript, and removed LibreOffice 
> from my machine.
>
> I understand that this is free software, but distributing something so 
> unreliable for serious writing projects is irresponsible to the users 
> who trust it. I’ve lost significant time and effort because of this.
>
> I’m not writing this to be pleasant — I’m writing because I want 
> LibreOffice to do better. Please take this frustration seriously. Tools 
> meant for creative work should help the process, not derail it.
>
> -jrh

Sorry to hear you've found LibreOffice difficult for your needs.

But, have you reviewed the comprehensive documentation?
   Writer User Guide and Getting Started [1]
   Berlasso's "To Tame a Writer" [2]
   Byfield/Weber's "Designing with LibreOffice" [3]

Taking time to first prepare well thought out and styled templates and 
master document assemblages greatly simplify preparing consistent text 
documents of any complexity. Very worth the time to learn to fully use 
the ODF authoring tools LibreOffice provides.

Please consider another go with a bit better preparation.

=-refs-=
[1] https://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/english-documentation/
[2] 
https://frommindtotype.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ttw24-en.pdf
[3] https://designingwithlibreoffice.com/?page_id=27

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Stuart

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