I mostly use Pages & Numbers, in part because they have their iOS versions, too. I like Libre Office. As a LO user, what do you use on your mobile devices?
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[QUOTE="mailbuoy, post: 28138800] what do you use on your mobile devices?[/QUOTE]
Mostly I use "notes" or whatever comes with the iOS/Android device. I Don't do any serious writing on mobile devices are too outward facing for my taste .Just visited a hospital, where they were nice enough to tell me that their public WiFi had NO security of any kind. I do little writing, and NO bank apps etc. On those devices. I will go so far as to email myself. Getting card numbers and passwords stolen is too much of a hassle to mess with in that sort of environment. As far as I'm concerned, It's a lot like pulling my pants down and flashing eeveryone. Call me paranoid, but I'd sooner be safe.
Mostly I use "notes" or whatever comes with the iOS/Android device. I Don't do any serious writing on mobile devices are too outward facing for my taste .Just visited a hospital, where they were nice enough to tell me that their public WiFi had NO security of any kind. I do little writing, and NO bank apps etc. On those devices. I will go so far as to email myself. Getting card numbers and passwords stolen is too much of a hassle to mess with in that sort of environment. As far as I'm concerned, It's a lot like pulling my pants down and flashing eeveryone. Call me paranoid, but I'd sooner be safe.
There are a few differences. The two important ones are 1) LibreOffice supports more file types than OpenOffice, and 2) one can download (and thus install) individual OpenOffice modules.
Spreadsheets are useful, and I sometimes use them. Fortunately I don't have a file sharing requirement so the Apple apps work for me.
In my physics/mathematics work we write all our papers in Latex. I understand it is not practical for many people but Latex is a truly wonderful tool: Text based file format which renders into beautiful formatted documents which will never get corrupted or become incompatible. Excellent support for tables, images, and mathematics (equations).
I write all my documents (not just math) in Latex and store them in a git repository. That way I have full version control and, being a text based format, git can easily show changes. git is vastly superior to a Time Machine/backup scheme for versioning (the right tool). I can still Time Machine/iCloud backup my git repository itself, but don't use those tools to actually access it.
In my physics/mathematics work we write all our papers in Latex. I understand it is not practical for many people but Latex is a truly wonderful tool: Text based file format which renders into beautiful formatted documents which will never get corrupted or become incompatible. Excellent support for tables, images, and mathematics (equations).
I write all my documents (not just math) in Latex and store them in a git repository. That way I have full version control and, being a text based format, git can easily show changes. git is vastly superior to a Time Machine/backup scheme for versioning (the right tool). I can still Time Machine/iCloud backup my git repository itself, but don't use those tools to actually access it.
it's always worked ok for me... thunderbird was a slow mess though, and it looks like it's from the 90's...
I have read too many horror stories about folks having issues with Apple's Mail program. Yeah, Thunderbird looks like something from the 90's, but it works.
Excellent post.
When I first switched to Apple computers, in 2008, the chap who sold my MBP to me enthused about Apple's software systems, arguing (I don't doubt correctly), that they were far better, and that I didn't need Office for Mac.
My argument by way of reply was that everyone else in my professional universe used Word, and thus, anything I wrote (or received) had to be compatible with that.
It wasn't just inertia and familiarity (though I don't discount them); it was that everyone else professional used Word, and easy compatibility (without endless, added effort) was a necessity, because Word was (and is) the industry standard, not an added luxury.
Ever since then, I have bought Macs, usually MBAs. But they have all come complete with Office for Windows.
Yes, very well written.
Do you mean Office for Mac? If it is Office for Windows, what about the Windows OS, which would be needed by Bootcamp (and other emulation software like Parallels)?
There’s is a copy style/paste style option you can access on the menu bar (and thus assign a shortcut), as well as two buttons that you can add to th
here’a my breakdown:
If you need something more powerful than Numbers, then you shouldn’t be using Excel. Stata, R, Python are much better.
If you need something more powerful than Pages, then you shouldn’t be using Word. LaTeX is much better.
If you need something more powerful than Keynote, then PowerPoint is not for you. Actually, I actually think Keynote is much more feature rich. Some people even use it as a vector app.
The only advantage of using office is the network effect - other people use it and so you are forced to do the same
I'm a windows/office user since 1990s. I switched to macOS a year ago. I even had switch keyboard shortcuts so Ctrl is Cmd and I think I made my Windows key into Ctrl. That way I can Ctrl-C (copy), Ctrl-V (paste) like I have for over 20 years. I have MS Office 2016 installed on my macMini but have, over the year, gotten accustomed to Pages (which I love) and Numbers (took a LOT of googling). I'll have to try Keynote for vector graphics - it's what I used Powerpoint for 