[1718627440]

Actually LibreOffice has better backward compatibility than MS Office now. If you have a MS Office 2003 file that current MS Office can't open, try LibreOffice.

[mminer237]

Maybe Office 2003, but modern .docx files often don't work right in the web version of Office or in LibreOffice.

[1718627440]

But that wouldn't be backward-compatibility? Also when the MS-pushed web versions can't get it right, does it matter?

[rhabarba]

LibreOffice can't properly render ODT files created with OpenOffice-before-Oracle. I highly doubt their DOCX support is any better.

[1718627440]

Doubt what you like, but I "rescued" old MS Office documents for my grandfather with that. Also this is a common fear when leaving MS Office, so you can bet they work on that. I never had someone complain over OO-compatibitlity until now, so there is that.

[rhabarba]

When LibreOffice appeared on the stage, that was actually my first test back then: opening an existing ODT document I had written. It was already displayed incorrectly at the time.

[1718627440]

Are there test files downloadable somewhere, so I can check that myself?

[IAmBroom]

"I don't like X, so I'm guessing Y is bad."