[Discuss] LibreOffice and .docx files

[nancythewriter7 at gmail.com (Nancy Allison)]

Hello, all.

I painfully conclude that I must install Word on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I
need to be able to handle Word files consistently.

So I opened Synaptic Package Manager and searched for Microsoft Word. No
luck.

What do I do? How do I get it installed?

I know, it pains me! But I don't see a way around it. All suggestions
gratefully received!

--Nancy

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Nancy Allison <nancythewriter7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks, all.
> >
> > I appreciate the background information on why compatibility is not
> assured
> > or easy. I will upgrade to 5.4x when the time is right (when I have at
> > least one grizzled Linux veteran nearby to help out if the unexpected
> > occurs) ...
>
> Upgrading Libreoffice is very easy once you know the process.  Her e is a
> link
> which appears to have correct info:
>
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/how-to-install-
> libreoffice-5-4-on-ubuntu
>
> Reverting back is harder, but it certainly doable.  Just having a
> Linux person available
> by phone is probably all you would need.
>
> Bill Bogstad
>
> >
> > --Nancy
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 08:25:45PM -0500, Nancy Allison wrote:
> >> > Is there a Word-compatible open source program that truly does not
> trash
> >> > the formatting? Or is it simply not possible to pass documents back
> and
> >> > forth between Word and an open source program like LibreOffice or
> >> > OpenOffice? I used Open Office years ago, haven't used it recently, it
> >> used
> >> > to trash the files, too.
> >>
> >> The Open Office project still exists with different leadership (it's
> >> now an Apache project), and while my understanding is on the whole
> >> Libre Office's Word compaitibility is better, it may be possible that
> >> a recent version of Open Office handles your particular document
> >> better, depending on exactly what features it is using.  Could be
> >> worth a try.  As others said, also try upgrading your Libre Office
> >> version...
> >>
> >> --
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