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Does anyone know a good word processing shareware/freeware program? I don't want to give microsoft any more oxygen than I have to. Needs to be able to hold some fairly large files. Compatible with pdf a plus.
I've tried open office, Google docs, libre Office... I've always seemed to have issues with compatibility when someone opens my file (saved as a DOCX by one of these programs) in Ms Word. Paragraphs will be misaligned, fonts are different, headings not recognised etc.... I've been using OnlyOffice recently. I haven't had any issues yet. Limited fonts though.
LibreOffice is probs the major alternative.
Thanks!
Some chats about it...
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39437536
https://aussie.zone/post/18292079
Double thanks!
+1 libreoffice is great. PowerPoint replacement is still clunky but word and excel replacements are great
I second libre office. Depending on your needs you may want something more specialised if you're working on something really big. Scrivener isn't free but it's made for writing things like research papers and novels.
There's also a program called Joplin that's a good evernote replacement
Open office