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

Farhan,

I really don't have any specific recommendations as I have never been a heavy user of MSOffice 
except when forced. When MSWord came out, I was using mainly ATT and BSD Unix and DEC machines, and 
then went to BSD variants and MacOS which are my main platforms. So, I used MS and learned what I 
needed to when in that environment.

I think the biggest conceptual difference is understanding that MSOffice is more direct, 
traditional formatting, while LibreOffice is more preplanned formatting from a conceptual basis. 
This takes a bit of up front thought on "how do I want my document to look." Or you can just write 
your document, getting the thoughts down and organized into a cohesive flow and then make final 
decisions on how you want things to look and feel at the end of the process. Another way I've done 
it is an evolutionary where I've structured the document to fit the needs of one granting agency, 
then found out another with a different set of requirements for formatting would be the reviewer. 
It was a fairly simple format changeover, once the requirements were understood without changing a 
single punctuation mark in the text. There's a lot more power there I have never had the need to 
use, too, so there is that.

Mainly, I read what I can find that fits what I want to do, then am not shy about asking specific 
questions on the web forums. Some sites tell me to go RTM and soak my head, others say, yeah, great 
idea and we work together to see if it can be done reasonable quickly. It averages. That is part of 
the beauty of OSF and open source. People are more helpful than the Microsoft Help desk.

Walt

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On Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 at 13:15, FARHAN ISHRAK Fahim <fahim.net.2014@gmail.com> wrote:

> > What do you recommend them who come from microsoft office but don't have time to learn libre 
> > office from scratch and no one in his community e.g. classmates, colligues and faculties don't 
> > use it?
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