[Cialug] WP MAC -> Linux

[kristau]

Well, you learn something every day:
[image: DocsOfflineMode.PNG]
I've not tested it out, but maybe that will help mitigate the issues when
bandwidth is slow or unavailable?

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 6:24 PM kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:

> Two different systems (desktop and laptop) and two different locations
> (city and boonies). There are too many variables here to definitively say
> that it is Apple's fault. If the desktop, for example, was
> significantly newer and faster with the laptop being significantly older
> and slower, then a brand new laptop might make things better for
> LibreOffice. Likewise, if Google Docs is suffering under extremely limited
> "boonies bandwidth" that could explain its lack of performance --
> regardless of OS or hardware age. Google Docs doesn't really have an
> "offline mode" that I'm aware of, so it needs a minimum of bandwidth to be
> performant.
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 1:15 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
>> My cousin does the newsletter for our family association, but she is now
>> living in the boonies and has only an Apple laptop to use. With a desktop
>> system in the city, she did the two column layout in LibreOffice [on
>> Apple] without too much trouble.
>>
>> On her laptop, however, it is painful to edit; so she asked me to see if
>> we can find options to make it easier.
>>
>> For example, can the Apple word processor accurately export an .odt?
>>
>> Word does not work, as it would not import into Write without fatal
>> problems.
>>
>> Google does not play well with Apple, I'm told.
>>
>> Is there a better option than LibreOffice?
>>
>>         Thanks!
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