Is Libre Office compatible with Microsoft Office?

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- September 10, 2020 at 12:26 pm #4037
  
  David Harrison
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  Yes, to a very high sense it is totally compatible. Only at the most advanced usage with advanced use of macros might there be a problem.
  
  The same is true of OpenOffice but Libre Office has one advantage over OpenOffice in that it can both read and write .docx files – the default format for Microsoft Office. Open Office can only read .docx, but writes out in a slightly different format.
  
  As I recall, LibreOffice can also read .PDF files. We covered this in a Computer Group meeting and without checking I can’t remember that for a fact off the top of my head.
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