Text editor/Word-lite equivalent?

Started by The Brain, August 04, 2017, 05:21:24 AM

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What's a good text editor/Word-lite equivalent these days?
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How lite?

Google Docs or LibreOffice for Word equivalent

for a text editor NotePad++
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Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2017, 05:21:24 AM
What's a good text editor/Word-lite equivalent these days?

Wordpad is still around, that's very word-lite.


I find the wp in LibraOffice annoying and clunking.
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LibreOffice came up when I asked here for a free Word replacement.  I've found it perfectly serviceable.

Text editors - I don't have much experience with beyond the basic Windows version.  I know they can be highly useful if coding, and there are many alternatives.
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Is OpenOffice still a thing btw? How does it compare to LibreOffice?
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Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2017, 05:41:37 PM
Is OpenOffice still a thing btw? How does it compare to LibreOffice?

So apparently there is a split in OpenOffice.  Most supporters went to work for LibreOffice (which is a fork of OpenOffice), and most reports say LibreOffice is better.  I can't really say though since I just went for the recommendation for LibreOffice.
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Quote from: Barrister on August 04, 2017, 11:07:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2017, 05:41:37 PM
Is OpenOffice still a thing btw? How does it compare to LibreOffice?

So apparently there is a split in OpenOffice.  Most supporters went to work for LibreOffice (which is a fork of OpenOffice), and most reports say LibreOffice is better.  I can't really say though since I just went for the recommendation for LibreOffice.

I knew this, but couldn't be arsed to post it here.  :cool:

Personally I'd be happy with an updated version of Clarisworks.
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Quote from: Barrister on August 04, 2017, 11:07:15 PM
and most reports say LibreOffice is better. 
it has the potential to be better, but right now, they are mostly the same.  But with Libre Office having more developpers, it means more frequent updates.  So far, it has kept up with LO but as a slower pace.
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DontSayBanana

LibreOffice. It's literally improvements on OpenOffice.

TL;DR: The stupid one-way Apache licensing makes it so that LibreOffice will always be a slightly improved version of OpenOffice until the developers get bored of one-upping Apache.

The everyday differences:
1) LibreOffice makes it so you don't have to worry if somebody's got the font you're using if you send a document.
2) LibreOffice hides the majorly advanced stuff so it doesn't look like you need NASA training to figure out the UI.
3) IMPORTANT: Both can OPEN .docx files, but OpenOffice can't SAVE .docx files. Open-source PDF converters are flaky, so that's not great if you're making files you're planning on uploading like resumes.

https://www.layerpoint.com/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/

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