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[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The main issue I run into is that even when I use a standard format like ODF, sending a document to someone using a different office suite often leads to various formatting breaking. It's to the point that if I know the person I'm sending the document to, isn't going to be editing it, I send it as a PDF.

I felt deceived when Microsoft added ODF file support, only for formatting to still break when exporting/importing from another suite. What was the point if I'd get the same results as loading a DOCX in Libre Office?

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I felt deceived when Microsoft added ODF file support, only for formatting to still break when exporting/importing from another suite.

Given that it's M$, I suspect this isn't a bug, but a feature.

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Probably, though I encounter the same issue with other office suites too.