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BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used LibreOffice Writer for my coursework the past semester, and when I used my spouse’s Windows computer to double check the images were correctly placed before submitting a paper they were on completely different pages. This was when I saved it as a .docx, because the only two options accepted were .docx or pdf. I wound up doing everything as a pdf if I needed images, but I think LibreOffice doesn’t have a save as pdf option? Or if it did I missed it, I just used Google Docs to save it as a pdf.

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  • theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    IIRC you have to use the “Export as” option instead of the “Save as” for a .pdf file.

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    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good to know, at the time my brain was absolutely fried so it doesn’t surprise me that I missed it, lol

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        PDF is one of those weird “not for editing” formats, like STL. Hence why it’s often in an Export As dialog rather than a Save As.

        It used to be even hackier. You’d have to get some separate PDF authoring software which would present to applications like a printer driver, so to create a PDF version of your document you’d start with the Print command, not Save or Export, then instead of your printer you’d select your PDF authoring software, then when you clicked Print it would create a file on your hard drive instead of hosing data down a parallel or USB cable to one of Satan’s Own Favorite Contraptions.

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  • bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    LibreOffice has a native export to PDF. And, if you use (almost) any Linux, you have a PDF printer included.

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    • CannedYeet@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even better, you can create a “Hybrid PDF” which embeds a second copy of the file in ODT format inside the PDF. This makes it re-editable.

      Word supports ODT but it doesn’t support reading these ODT files embedded in PDFs though.

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      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hello! Thanks for the tip!

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    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am on Linux but haven’t needed to use office software in nearly 20 years, how do you access the pdf printer? Is that different from saving as a pdf through the menu?

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      • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You literally ‘print’ to pdf. Instead of a physical page appearing from the demon box, it will give you a prompt of where to ‘print’ your file. Windows has it too, though I always use the pdf export and not the print. But in a pinch it’s good.

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      • exu@feditown.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You hit print and select the PDF output. It probably works everywhere you can select a printer.

        Windows also has that, but you have to navigate your way out of OneDrive folders.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The PDF printer would be accessed via the Print functionality. It’s a virtual device that renders output to a file instead of a physical printer.

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    • Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Print to PDF is the way!

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  • nabladabla@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a button in the toolbar to export to pdf

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  • Microw@piefed.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Submitting anything as an editable format like docx or odt is a bad idea. The moment a document is finished and I give it out of my hands, I turn it into an pdf.

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  • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can export to pdf and the hiccup you encountered is M$ intentionally not following their own format.

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• skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  LibreOffice is as good as Word. Which sadly means there are still no really good document editors out there.

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  • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah but it’s free.

    Also there may be no good document editors but there is a good typesetting language.

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• other_cat@piefed.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been enjoying OnlyOffice myself! (LibreOffice is fine, I just like the UI of OnlyOffice more.)

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• TheFonz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only Office > Libre Office

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