Is LibreOffice *THAT* bad? :(

[Michael Havens]

Is there a way to get synaptic or apt to install a more recent version?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade.  That is some
> basic functionality that is not working for you.  I've never seen such a
> basic bug before.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> 3.6.2.2
>> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>>     that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>>
>>     Brian
>>
>>
>>     On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>         here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>>         functions are
>>         performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated
>> (cell3
>>         isn't right).
>>
>>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>>         On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <paul at opscode.com
>>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com>
>>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com <mailto:paul at opscode.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>              I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>>         experience and
>>              the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>>         compared to MS
>>              Office.  I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use cases
>>         and is
>>              more than capable of handling what most users need, however
>>         it's
>>              interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>>         macros the
>>              rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look as
>>         nice and
>>              formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>>         when you
>>              open an xlsx).  Microsoft has invested a lot of time, money
>> and
>>              energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>>         great (if
>>              not their best) product.  The heavy excel users I know that
>>         don't
>>              run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>>
>>              As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>>         community is
>>              very bad at is learning from what others get right.  You
>>         might not
>>              like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no way
>>         due to
>>              making some good products is disingenuous at best.  If people
>>              genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage (which
>>         is not of
>>              any particular interest to me personally) the right
>>         questions to ask
>>              are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what they
>>         get wrong.
>>
>>
>>              On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>
>>              <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.__**com
>>
>>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>                  So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>>         moving to Linux.
>>                  Baaaad idea...
>>                  The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>>         could not
>>                  keep up.
>>                  But it was not lack of features or limitations, it was
>>         *STUPID*
>>                  (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the real
>>         value
>>                  and/or recalculating wrong.
>>                  I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>>         (unbelievable)
>>                  problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>>                  The guy is back to Excel...
>>                  What am I missing?
>>                  ET
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