Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoLibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite developed by TDF, based in Germany.europe.pubimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1990arrow-down123file-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
arrow-up1967arrow-down1imageLibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite developed by TDF, based in Germany.europe.pubBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoNo, the babies are necessary to parse the .doc format.
minus-squareeasily3667linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThankfully nobody uses that anymore, praise be
minus-squareSatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI have a coworker that regularly sends *.xls files. They always function fine, so I really have no reason to complain.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoxls files are blocked in our company because they can contain potentially harmful macros
minus-squareeasily3667linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoNo, it’s bloated as shit so it uses techniques from 2000s java to keep a good portion of it in memory at all times from boot to shutdown. Try loading a portable version of libre office (ie if you have admin rights issues). It’s a solid ten second cold load on a 2 year old system.
Is that how it loads so fast?
No, the babies are necessary to parse the .doc format.
Thankfully nobody uses that anymore, praise be
I have a coworker that regularly sends *.xls files. They always function fine, so I really have no reason to complain.
xls files are blocked in our company because they can contain potentially harmful macros
Weird
No, it’s bloated as shit so it uses techniques from 2000s java to keep a good portion of it in memory at all times from boot to shutdown.
Try loading a portable version of libre office (ie if you have admin rights issues). It’s a solid ten second cold load on a 2 year old system.