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Worth the effort to obtain a copy of MS Office on the high seas? *SOLVED (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

what about onlyoffice?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It might sound like a pretty obvious thing, but have you tried changing the tools into the "Tabbed ribbon" that office uses instead of the classic old 90s organization scheme in options ?

I have come to notice that when people who don't really work with computers very well, in particular boomers, say that they can't stand LibreOffice, they mean they don't like the layout of the tools, because they can't find anything they need. I suppose they just got used to where everything is with modern office.

Just change it and see if she will like it better. Usually solves it for the boomers i help. Nothing is holding LibreOffice back more than their default layout scheme. They really don't know their target audience's pain points AT ALL. Just goes to show why you need to study your users using the product without being explained anything.

I don't get why their default is a layout that has been outdated for 24 years. Nostalgia or what? Only really old people who used computers in the 90s a lot will intuitively find it useful.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've had success using a cracked Office 2013 installation. The older ones don't have as sophisticated anti piracy measures and don't unactivate themselves as often.

I eventually got my dad to use Libre office. There are several different ui layouts and one of the is really similar to ms office.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

It's really easy to do actually.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile I quietly switched Ms office with libreoffice on my dads PC and he didn't even notice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Out of curiosity: what she doesn't like?
I bought my license for like 4 or 5 usd after a life of sailing and using libreoffice, not on ebay but on one of those praised website that sells key for games and such

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