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I try using Org-mode/Latex with pandoc,, but end up using only Office for docx and PowerPoint.

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[–] samn@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I typically use libreoffice, but if I ever have the time to learn latex I’ll switch, I’ve heard nothing but good things aside from the learning curve

[–] Snowcap7567 1 points 1 year ago

It's very difficult to learn, you just need to adapt to the Latex style of writing and Latex takes care of (almost) all the formatting.

[–] bbbhltz 4 points 1 year ago

I'd say 95% Markdown + Pandoc for when I make documents. The other 5% is LibreOffice.

When it comes time to make graphs and charts I really like wasting my time so I always try out something new (or old) to get the job done. Last time I used Pygal.

When it comes to dealing with docs from colleagues, it is all LibreOffice and Zathura.

[–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Markdown (very rarely LaTeX too) in Neovim, and LibreOffice for anything I can't do in Markdown.

Sometimes I'll start up the MarkdownPreview plugin I have, but typically I don't.

If I need to share it, I'll typically convert to PDF with pandoc or a random tool online if I can't get pandoc to work the way I want it.

[–] manned_meatball@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Markdown for myself, Google Docs when I'm collaborating with others, and OnlyOffice after puking a little in my mouth for having received a docx or pptx by email.

[–] rmstyle@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on the use case. For my own stuff I usually use LibreOffice, for docx compability I use OnlyOffice and for presentations I use Latex with TexStudio.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

TexStudio is a brilliant LaTeX editor! I used it almost exclusively during my studies.

[–] tuxiy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I mostly use Libre Office, and sometimes Gnome Office

[–] hi65435@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

LibreOffice, I came for Linux support and PDF export... and stayed for the only Office that I know how to use 😄

[–] lalay721@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

LibreOffice, as I've been using it from soon after it was forked from OpenOffice and I'm used to it, and I don't think it's worth it to learn how to use another office suite when the one I use works fine for everything I need to do. I had tried OnlyOffice on another computer and I was positively impressed, but not quite enough to feel I should switch; in the end I only even use a small subset of the features LO has.

[–] UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I rarely use office suites these days. Mostly either wiki pages or Notion. I still use Google Docs for collaboration sometimes and LibreOffice for the rare docx or odt.

markdown - vimwiki for notes latex, overleaf - for research OnlyOffice - for docx and pptx

I like Libreoffice but it breaks the documents more than OnlyOffice.

and sometimes I have to double check in office365 the presentations before giving them because its always a shared computer with windows installed...

[–] abclop99 2 points 1 year ago
  • LaTeX using Tectonic -X

  • Markdown

  • Editor: nvim

[–] Milk@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m getting into Linux which ones would guys recommend?

[–] MarionWheeler 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could try OnlyOffice, I believe it has better compatibility with .docx files in comparison to LibreOffice.

[–] Wiredfire@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using OnlyOffice and, as an M365 subscriber, would definitely recommend. The UI is also very similar to MS Office which can help new Linux users.

Anecdotally I’ve also found it snappier than Libre. But then I’m not a heavy office suite user so I’m sure others mileage may vary but it’s a perfect fit for my needs.

[–] mr_pip@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

as the answers reflect: markdown for simple stuff (sou can convert with pandoc) and libreoffice for the more complex stuff and sheets especially (its preinstalled with most linux distros nowadays). documents of formal nature that exceed ~10 pages might work best in latex.

[–] Snowcap7567 1 points 1 year ago

If I am forced to use word documents, then Onlyoffice.

Otherwise Latex for text and presentation (beamer).
For tables I use the terminal program sc-im, which also works with excel files.

[–] writerlygal@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I work mostly with texts, but if I need something office-y, I go old school: gnumeric for spreadsheets and abiword for documents

[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

I personally have found SoftMaker's TextMaker to be best word processor, with a backup/fallback being Libre Office. It's got a great UI, good features, and overall is just a good experience. Honestly, the whole office suite is quite good. I definitely like it better than WPS. It's also nice that you can just purchase a one-time license and have support for 3 years, for a fairly reasonable price, tbh. Yearly subscriptions are also available if you prefer that route.

There is a free (as in beer) version, called FreeOffice you can try. It's what convinced me the full version was worth it. My backup is LibreOffice, and while some years ago the difference was stark, LibreOffice has come a long way in terms of support and feature set. So it's definitely come a long way.

I would advise you to consider switching to LibreOffice from Open Office, if nothing else though. Open Office has not received a major update release in close to a decade now, and LibreOffice is truly the successor to it, as it's actually forked from it.

[–] Aman9das@rammy.site 1 points 1 year ago

I use Rstudio with Quarto (really nice) and libreoffice

[–] tabby@lemmy.tabbynet.com 1 points 1 year ago

Usually OnlyOffice though I keep LibreOffice installed as a backup as sometimes I've had weird compatibility issues with the former (very few and far between but still)

[–] ppp@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know if it counts but I've been using pandoc for the entirety of my college life so far which includes creating presentations and writing papers. For collaboration with other students, we would usually use Google Docs. It's pretty much the standard nowadays.

[–] VulcanSphere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Mostly LibreOffice, although sometimes also Google Docs (for Collab)

[–] Hyperi0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I use LibreOffice. I was using office 365 on my laptop and I just got sick of microsoft (especially after that incident where it took them six months to give me back access to my outlook account essentially rendering many services on my old PC useless) so I started looking up alternitives to Word.

My family had been using KingSoft which is a hot buggy mess so I chose LibreOffice instead. It was one of the first open source apps I chose after leaving Microsoft and I haven't looked back. If I had to pick a problem it's that 365 was way better at correcting mispelled words but other than I love LibreOffice!

[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

99.9% of customers use Microsoft Office, so I have QEMU windows for this purpose.
For own work/at home I find I mostly get by with textfiles/markdown and odd LibreOffice spreadsheet.

[–] attaxia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Why QEMU? I've found it's performance an compatibility quite lacking compared to VirtualBox, or since you're using it anyway to run nonfree software: commercial products like VMware Player/Workstation

[–] ojmcelderry@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

It's Google Docs for me. Even when I don't need its live collaboration features.

[–] tuto193@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Latex on VSCode for personal things or otherwise Overleaf for collab. Otherwise default to google docs/Librr Office

[–] RagingToad@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Markdown for everything text-related.

I occasionally use libreoffice calc for when I need a spreadsheet.

[–] boo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Markdown is a good choice for text only. And I can easily convert it to pdf to share easily.

Except for stuff like libreoffice calc/excel.

What's your setup with markdown btw?

[–] RagingToad@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good question :-) still struggling with that. I keep notes at work and I try to keep a wiki format, so with folders and everything. Actually VSCode is quite nice for that, it can preview rendered markdown. I put it to show the rendered markdown by default and edit on double click.

For sharing this notes: GitHub and Gitlab will render for you. Don't know about other platforms. I've used mkdocs in the past to generate websites but it takes a bit more work.

[–] boo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I did try vscode and cople of other things for this. I am currently using qownnotes for this. Could be better, but it integrates well with KDE. Pandoc for html and print to pdf on firefox if necessary.

[–] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Libre Office user for over a decade, recently moved to OnlyOffice and liking it a lot so far. Seems to do better with MS formats than LibreOffice, snappy and responsive. UI is cleaner IMO.

Libre is still good though.

[–] JRepin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

LibreOffice and avoid MS trap&trash formats as much as I can

[–] Schorsch@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'm quite happy with libreoffice.

It can be a piece of crap sometimes but less so than MS Office.

With LO I have a passionate love-hate relationship.

Mostly only need a spreadsheet. I will use anything at my disposal, but mostly Calc (LibreOffice).

Most of my text editing is markdown or actual code, so that is just VSCode or my IDE.

[–] 80KiloMett@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Obsidian for notes, Libre Office and sometimes (please don't punch me) Google Docs/Sheets. Oh and LaTeX with nvim for docs that need to look real nice.

[–] haakon@lemmy.sdfeu.org 1 points 1 year ago

LibreOffice, since I'm a light user and it's usually available.

[–] Yurnero91@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Always used and will be using LibreOffice. It just works for me.

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was using LibreOffice on everything but for some unknown reason it just flat out stopped working on my machine so I installed OnlyOffice and honestly I much prefer it.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes you prefer OnlyOffice over LibreOffice? I like how OnlyOffice seems to decrease possible format errors, so I tend to open docs in it after putting them together in Libre.

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The main thing for me is that it actually works still :P

Other than that I think I've just got so accustomed to the MS Office ribbon interface now that I start to get lost in the interface a little (95% of the time I use office type products it is at work where we don't have a choice - at home I mostly just use markdown for my own notes and documents).

[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

WPS Office for editing office files. LaTeX for writing articles. Emacs for everything else.

[–] TechnologyClassroom@partizle.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Markdown with neovim for gits.

LibreOffice for spreadsheets and presentations.

LaTeX for publications and moderncv template for resume.

Etherpad for collaboration.

[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I've had a hell of a bad time using Libre for presentations. Has it gotten better lately?

[–] hugz@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are any office suites as good as MS Office for referencing and citations? One of the things that keeps my wife stuck on windows/macOS is the need for a good Office suite for university

[–] naoseiquemsou@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Using libreoffice+zotero here. Works awesomely.

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