Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoLibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite developed by TDF, based in Germany.europe.pubimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1905arrow-down122file-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
arrow-up1883arrow-down1imageLibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite developed by TDF, based in Germany.europe.pubBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoNo, the babies are necessary to parse the .doc format.
minus-squareeasily3667linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThankfully nobody uses that anymore, praise be
minus-squareSatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day 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-up4·1 day agoxls files are blocked in our company because they can contain potentially harmful macros
minus-squareeasily3667linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day 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.
Weird
xls files are blocked in our company because they can contain potentially harmful macros
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.