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"LibreOffice is better at reading old Word files than Word"

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  • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Either word sucks at opening any format output by libreoffice, or libreoffice can’t save a docx or any format in a word compatible way because everything I send to a word user is all messed up.

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    • rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      thats why u should use open formats like .odt

      www.libreoffice.org/…/what-is-opendocument/

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      • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        A lot of things like online job applications specifically force docx

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