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Originally Posted by Odessa
I tested Libre Office a while ago, and found it wanting as a Word 2003 replacement.
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You do need to change the default settings. I find it far easier to use the style and outline "navigators". Also you need to edit in in odt and do an extra save as in docx. It's been better for stanalone use for years. The only reason to use MS Word is if in an office/company were everyone is using Word, but that can be solved too.
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Originally Posted by Odessa
Do you manage to get Word 2003 menus on Word 2007 ? I've never used the ribbon, and it seems everybody hates it.
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There is a 3rd party plug-in available. Ribbon is banished. Looks and works like Word 2003/2002 mostly.
I do have three iterations of 2007 compatibility for XP-2002/2003 Word. But my Word XP-2002 throws an error when I try to Save As in docx. It reads it OK.
MS doc format has about 4 incompatible versions and is nearly dead. Calibre exports in docx, not doc. Best input from Wordprocessor to Calibre to make epub is docx. I do an extra Save As in docx for calibre.
Upload of doc to Smashwords and Amazon (or docx to Amazon) is dreadful compared to epub.
LO Writer does perfect PDF export too. It will read & convert RTF, doc (several versions), docx etc. If you used doc or docx every load & save would be a conversion. Load doc ONCE, fix styles, and save odt.
I sold, installed and customised MS products inc. Office for over a decade.
Styles & Outlining work better in LO Writer. I only have bold, italic, reset formating, clear formatting, super and sub scripts on format bar. All "white space"/indents/margins etc are paragraph styles.