Over the years, Microsoft has started to become greedy with their Microsoft Office packages, previously, it was pre-included in Windows computers, and then, they were separately sold. Now, they’re yearly subscriptions (like an Anti-virus)
It’s time to make a stand! (And no, don’t even pirate their software.)
LibreOffice – a software that’s very similar to Microsoft Office BUT THIS ONE’s FREE!
This has helped me big time during my time in college. Saved me big bucks & not getting into trouble by downloading a cracked Microsoft Office copy.
I highly recommend this to everyone.
this is actually easier to use than Word tbh
Wow I was just considering to buy that Office 2013 package until I saw this post. Good stuff! +1
I literally JUST cracked and bought my year of Microsoft Office -_-
But yeah they are just going really far from what they used to be.Does libre office save in doc format though? I used to use another program that did but websites wouldn’t recognize it as doc :/
^ Yes, you can save as a .docx file & you can open files made through Word as well.
Good lord I need this in my life
Libre Office got me through college, man.
This is so very pertinent to my interests AND my needs.
I’m sorry, guys. Sometimes I forget what most people do and don’t know about, or I would’ve recommended this ages ago.
LibreOffice is good stuff. It’s spun off of OpenOffice (some of you might remember that), but many people like LibreOffice better, as it’s built to bear more resemblance to MS Office. (OpenOffice is also good, but it has always had a certain rebelliously determined open-source streak, where being too much like the software you have to pay money for makes them feel like they’re selling out. But if you hate the way MS Office functions, you might try OpenOffice. If you like MS Office but can’t afford it, LibreOffice is what you’re looking for.)
There is, as with any software, potentially a touch of wonkiness here and there when converting between the two, but LibreOffice is reliable enough to keep you rolling confidently. Between this and GoogleDrive, I’m not convinced that most people will even feel the lack of MS Office these days.
As a lifehack for .doc file weirdness, though, you can also try .rtf format. It stands for ‘rich text format’ and almost EVERYTHING can read and save it. The point of RTF was to create a common open-source text file format that would maintain its integrity and usefulness no matter what shenanigans went on with proprietary file formats.
One day, MS Office may not be the top of the heap anymore, and computers could forget how to read .doc. But .rtf will still be there.