![]() When it comes to the applications itself I am also in favor of the Calligra Suite. (as it always was and always will be an issue) So for that matter I don’t look to concerned to the file format issue. Its a shame that we can’t create a standard that all Office Suites are able to follow. The whole Office Suite and file compatibility stuff is doomed and always was. And its even more problematic when it comes to opening up odt files in Calligra Words or Abiword.Īs LibreOffice and OpenOffice are the most prominent Office Suites in the Free & Open Source world they are used more often despite the fact they create documents that aren’t interchangeable with lesser known Office Suites like Calligra. You will notice that this does not preserve the same layout. created by OpenOffice and then try to open it in LibreOffice. Their default settings for fonts and so on also clearly show a picture of “don’t you dare try to open this document in another Office Suite”.īut honestly take a look for example at the odt. Of couse OpenXMLs standard is so complicated that either even Microsoft was not able to implement it correctly in their Office Suites or just simply did not want it. ![]() It doesn’t matter if OpenXML (by MS) or OpenDocument both formats depend heavily on the application using it. Maybe it could be something Netrunner could fork or start from their libraries, not sure if they’re willing to fork projects to provide a more “at home” solution than Libre Office though. Really, Calligra works nicely, I haven’t fully tried the other versions, but I don’t feel like I’m using a sluggish program, though it feels incomplete, and the style could use retouching (ribbons or tabs would help!). Up next would be KDevelop, but that’s a complain for another thread / discussion. I personally believe that given a little love Calligra could in fact become a powerful toolset for Linux, but again it needs more attention that it’s probably not getting. That aside, it opens up fast, and “just works”. I love using Calligra Word, but the toolbars get in my way on smaller screens, it’s kind of irritating. However, it would require a lot of work to make it behave and feel more like MS Office / LibreOffice. I think Calligra is amazing, it’s fast, and doesn’t require you to use Java to run it.
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