I try using Org-mode/Latex with pandoc, but end up using only Office for docx and PowerPoint.
Markdown for myself, Google Docs when I’m collaborating with others, and OnlyOffice after puking a little in my mouth for having received a docx or pptx by email.
If I am forced to use word documents, then Onlyoffice.
Otherwise Latex for text and presentation (beamer).
For tables I use the terminal program sc-im, which also works with excel files.I typically use libreoffice, but if I ever have the time to learn latex I’ll switch, I’ve heard nothing but good things aside from the learning curve
The learning curve is actually pretty manageable. Took me an afternoon to be good enough to create lab reports for Uni. Creating your first template takes a bit but isn’t super hard. Afterwards you can reuse that and only need to tweak.
This is the Tutorial I used. For an editor I’d suggest VSCode with LaTeX Workshop. (There’s also LTeX which is a great grammar and spelling checker)
I second this, haven’t used the tutorial, I just learned by doing in the beginning and than took a course at Uni, which was really good and got me all the way to quickly being able to set up my own templates and quickly get a document done.
LaTeX workshop with vscode is also great, however if you’re a (neo)vim user already, give https://www.github.com/lervag/vimtex a try, it’s an awesome plugin and works flawlessly, especially when combined with zathura as pdf reader.
I just wrote a book in Latex and it’s really easy. You just learn as you go. The only problem was when a publisher required a docx-document. It was possible using pandex, but my end notes were all screwed up.
It’s very difficult to learn, you just need to adapt to the Latex style of writing and Latex takes care of (almost) all the formatting.
I use Markdown (very rarely LaTeX too) in Neovim, and LibreOffice for anything I can’t do in Markdown.
Sometimes I’ll start up the MarkdownPreview plugin I have, but typically I don’t.
If I need to share it, I’ll typically convert to PDF with pandoc or a random tool online if I can’t get pandoc to work the way I want it.
Depends on the use case. For my own stuff I usually use LibreOffice, for docx compability I use OnlyOffice and for presentations I use Latex with TexStudio.
TexStudio is a brilliant LaTeX editor! I used it almost exclusively during my studies.
OnlyOffice, I think it has the most polished UI and the LanguageTool plugin is really handy
How did you get lnguagetool to work with onlyoffice?
LibreOffice, I came for Linux support and PDF export… and stayed for the only Office that I know how to use 😄
This is pretty much me also!
IDK if I’d describe myself as a libreoffice “power user” but trying to figure out how things work in other suites is a pain.
Yeah this. And the #1 reason is probably that it is automatically shipped with the distro so the choice is made for me. I don’t use office suites much for personal use though. At work I have to use the MS stuff (also a small percentage of the time) but at home LO seems more than sufficient.
Markdown with neovim for gits.
LibreOffice for spreadsheets and presentations.
LaTeX for publications and moderncv template for resume.
Etherpad for collaboration.
I’ve had a hell of a bad time using Libre for presentations. Has it gotten better lately?
Latex on VSCode for personal things or otherwise Overleaf for collab. Otherwise default to google docs/Librr Office
I’m quite happy with libreoffice.
It can be a piece of crap sometimes but less so than MS Office.
With LO I have a passionate love-hate relationship.
Same sentiments, especially with Libre Office Calc.
I love that it’s got a lot of useful features, to the point that almost everything I used to do with MS Excel and Google Sheets can be done in LO Calc, but stray a bit further out and even looking for documentation can be a huge pain.
It’s a combination of limited (if at all available) documentation for less-than-mainstream features, and the help forum user knee-jerk replies of “if you don’t like it, go back to MS/Google,” “if you want it so badly go program it yourself”, or even various replies that can be summed up as “don’t even bother asking.”
I never would ever entertain asking a question on the various LO help fora because of this.
However, I still use Libre Office since it’s useful, and for my purposes, almost as good as the alternatives. It’s the vocal userbase’s anti-normie stance that usually fuels my hate for it.
With LO I have a passionate love-hate relationship.
I hear you! And both the love and the hate grow stronger over the years
@heimchen I keep easy. Just Libreoffice for everything.
Libre Office user for over a decade, recently moved to OnlyOffice and liking it a lot so far. Seems to do better with MS formats than LibreOffice, snappy and responsive. UI is cleaner IMO.
Libre is still good though.
LibreOffice. Been using it for the past 14 years, and I see no reason to stop now.
I’m using LibreOffice at the moment.
The main problem for me is writing in RTL languages (right to left) I have a windows vm only for that use case
