LibreOffice is preinstalled in Pop OS, and as someone who loves the idea of FOSS I want to use it, but inevitably I just use Google docs or Office Online. Is it really worth learning? Has anyone successfully incorporated it into your workflow?

  • sqrawEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Only office sheets has a few annoying limitations that libreoffice sheets handles better (automatically updating filter views, more complex advanced options), but only office ended up being a better choice for me as someone trying to move 100% off from google sheets because:

    • the UI is closer to google sheets, feels like I’m not in the 90s (this could be a pro or a con)
    • The documentbuilder api was actually easier to get going for consistent conversion of spreadsheets to pdf dashboards or other automations than the hacks and macros required for libreoffice sheets.

    TL;DR only office closer to google sheets for basic use cases and a little bit of automation