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[–] Rubezahl@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can I use MS Office natively with that? Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don't have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won't do.

[–] Liska@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Just out of interest: What are the specific formating options / features you're missing to be able to perform your job?

Fyi: Libre Office is the actively developed Open Office fork.

Don't know how it stacks up to MS Office though.