The search is on, less features or capabilities are accepted as well...
AFAIK very few features of MS Office aren't already implemented well enough in LibreOffice. In principle it should mean that most users/organizations can already move.
For example, I wanted to make a simple change to a Word doc in Libre Office that included a side bar/column of text in a fixed size table on multiple pages. In Word the layout looked great.
Unfortunately due to font subtleties, in Libre Office the side texts overflowed the tables and the last sentences were cropped. It took some fiddling to make things fit and look as good as the original, but in the process I had to make the font smaller which lost some clarity. I did play with line spacing but that got fiddly.
In summary, a 5 second edit of an existing document laid out 'just so' perhaps 5 yr ago ended up becoming 20 minutes of hassle.
New docs could be laid out better and differently to make future edits easy, but that ignores the large legacy of existing stuff that many will have.
I keep seeing this claim, but it is never substantiated.
I am not trying to be a prick and throwing a trick question in your direction btw. It is an honest question as someone that only needs those applications occasionally, and could switch to LibreOffice without issues.
We have LaTeX wrapped in nth way to typeset, we have easy languages like Python, it's about time to teach plain text power and bring org-mode to modern UIs for the masses because we do not need "an alternative to $ProductOrService" but a different paradigm from the current old mainframe model to an older modern interconnected desktop model where people know how to mold a desktop for their needs and desire instead of depend on someone else computer.
In addition the cloud services being offered by large providers (Fabric, etc) are nearly impossible to justify not having, when money is not a consideration.
Realistically a fully open ID standard for on premium and cloud isn't going to happen. You always need to get into bed with someone dodgy.
fsflover•14h ago