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by usr1106 514 days ago
I use it. Not always great, too bloated and instructions found on the web are often for a different version and just don't seem to work.

But pretty sure it's not worse than Microsoft. I'd rather burn my money than spending it on Microsoft "products".

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LibreOffice is probably about 10% of the size of MS Office these days...

As for instructions/support: Changes between subsequent versions are minor. There was a versioning scheme change recently, so you may be thinking "Oh, LibreOffice 7.3 vs 24.8, very different" - no, mostly the same thing, it's just that 24.8 came out in 2024, in August. Also, there is ask.libreoffice.org #libreoffice on irc.libera.chat , and there are Telegram and Matrix channels... so just ask.

But it's true that with 0.1%-0.5% or so of the budget MS Office gets, it's difficult to keep all of the materials fully up-to-date.

Question was to the person who claims he is using Office 2003.

I think LibreOffice 2024 is much better than Office 2003.

Don’t forget I was replying to a person who is using Office 2003 and not paying as they probably paid their once 20 years ago for license and also don’t have any new features.