Post Ac8lexHmJDI9rToXq4 by cogdog@social.fossdle.org
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 (DIR) Post #Ac8lekzxzbujklO9PU by cogdog@social.fossdle.org
       2023-11-23T22:27:21Z
       
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       Since an upgrade on my old laptop nuked my last 2010? purchased copy of MS Office every document, sheet I’ve needed to pry open has worked effortlessly in LibreOffice. It turns out to be a useful multi tool for opening and converting old and odd file types. Free as in no MSoft
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac8lenfA5Q3S16g4tk by lightweight@social.fossdle.org
       2023-11-24T00:52:20Z
       
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       @cogdog in my days of providing IT support for people unlucky enough to be using MS products, I was frequently asked to help save corrupted MS Office files. MSO is surprisingly fragile. LibreOffice's code for opening Microsoft's proprietary formats is demonstrably better than MS'. Many 'irretrievable' MS files've been saved by LO despite MS trying to hobble it for most of its existence (because it's excellent). Users should take note. Incidentally LO came from StarOffice which is as old as MSO.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac8lexHmJDI9rToXq4 by cogdog@social.fossdle.org
       2023-11-24T06:52:11Z
       
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       @lightweight yeah! I was unable to pry open my thesis written in Word 3 until I tried LibreOffice, which also was able to convert the figured saves as Mac PICT files.