I try using Org-mode/Latex with pandoc, but end up using only Office for docx and PowerPoint.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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      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)

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        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.

    • TheCakeWasNoLie@lemmy.world
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      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.

  • Sploosh the Water@vlemmy.net
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    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.

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    I’d say 95% Markdown + Pandoc for when I make documents. The other 5% is LibreOffice.

    When it comes time to make graphs and charts I really like wasting my time so I always try out something new (or old) to get the job done. Last time I used Pygal.

    When it comes to dealing with docs from colleagues, it is all LibreOffice and Zathura.

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    I use LibreOffice. I was using office 365 on my laptop and I just got sick of microsoft (especially after that incident where it took them six months to give me back access to my outlook account essentially rendering many services on my old PC useless) so I started looking up alternitives to Word.

    My family had been using KingSoft which is a hot buggy mess so I chose LibreOffice instead. It was one of the first open source apps I chose after leaving Microsoft and I haven’t looked back. If I had to pick a problem it’s that 365 was way better at correcting mispelled words but other than I love LibreOffice!

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    LibreOffice, I came for Linux support and PDF export… and stayed for the only Office that I know how to use 😄

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    Mostly Markdown too, but I wouldn’t call that an “office suite”. I really use classic office suite software. If I have to, LibreOffice and at work I had to use — surprise — M$ Office.

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    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.

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      TexStudio is a brilliant LaTeX editor! I used it almost exclusively during my studies.

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    I don’t know if it counts but I’ve been using pandoc for the entirety of my college life so far which includes creating presentations and writing papers. For collaboration with other students, we would usually use Google Docs. It’s pretty much the standard nowadays.

  • I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social
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    Office 2021 bought outright. Was using office 2010 until recently as it kept having images disappear when scrolling etc.

    Google sheets for some work stuff.