What is the best word processor /g/?
MS Word
>>52952303
LaTeX
>>52952308
This.
Openoffice, Libreoffice, Google Docs can all go home. MS is the clear winner.
- compatible with everything
- huge support
- industry standard
- cheap (the online version is free of charge and students get a discount)
I'm posting in this thread to let you know I am not replying to your response.
>>52952323
>- compatible with everything
>- huge support
>- industry standard
>>52952303
>2016
>still installing bloatshit
Office 365 when at work google docs at everything else.
>>52952353
I know, that guy is a retard.
>implying msoffice can open odt
>implying libreoffice can't open docx
>implying industry standard isn't some monopoly shit
>implying you can beat the price of free
>>52952353
>>52952395
>idiots who think they can hand in their CV as odt
>>52952353
What industry do you work in where it isn't standard? Or are you just some stupid NEET?
Libreoffice
>>52952453
>idiot whose word processor can't even save to PDF
Pleb.
>>52952518
The irony here is that it can yet thousands of businesses still prefer communication in .doc
I've seen it happen again and again. Lawyers writing their shit in Word and attaching it to emails instead of just typing it in the email itself. MS Word is king. YOU are the plebeian.
>>52952303
Microsoft Word. Latex if you work with equations.
MS Word. I keep Open Office installed as well on the off chance I have to open up an ODT file or something. Even earlier versions of Office like 2007 still hold up well today.
>>52952303
LibreOffice Writer
Pages.
It's free too.
>>52952548
That's not a problem, libreoffice handles doc fine. PDF has an air of professionalism though, especially for CVs.
On that note, why would I want a company's HR whore to be able to edit my resume? That sounds like a seriously bad idea.
When will MS Office fail?
Word 97 SRB-2
>>52952583
>not using Word for Mac
Office 2016 on Mac is god-tier, anon
>>52952618
When at least 1 competitor's program functions as well
>>52952548
>calls up examples of people doing inane shit because they're computer illiterate dumbasses
>calls everyone else a plebe
lmaoing@ur life
>>52952710
>people doing inane shit
It's called "industry standard".
>>52952605
>impossible to edit a pdf
>whore searches Yahoo! "how to edit pdf"
>pdf gets edited by whore
Wow it is fucking nothing.
>>52952681
It's Microsoft Word, it does not comply to the design of OS X. The stupid ribbon and those tabs are just horrible to use.
>>52952323
>free of charge
>students get a discount
wtf did i read
AMD makes the best word processors.
>>52952827
That is the the thing. You didn't.
>>52952827
The full version costs money but there is a free online version with limited functionality. That aside, university students get discounts for the full version.
>>52952735
its called everyone being backwards. sending documents in .doc so that everyone can edit them is literally retarded.
>>52952895
thanks governor, I thought so after actually paying attention
>>52952837
kek
>>52952309
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>>52952303
Nice piano/accordion.
To answer your question, it's Vim.
>>52952752
The point is that putting it in .pdf makes it slightly harder to edit as opposed to giving it as a straight up editable .doc file.
If it takes more effort than clicking on the file to edit it then it would be unlikely the HR person would mess with it unless they were really determined. If they were really determined to fuck someone's CV up then that someone isn't getting a job no matter what he/she does
>>52952323
>the online version is free of charge
You're literally typing right into the fucking botnet.
While we're good and angry: is there any way at all of changing the awful toolbars in Open/LibreOffice? Modding in a ribbon would be useful.
>>52953369
You can edit them with Word. Open a pdf it gets converted then export it back. It is one click more work.
Gentoo
>>52953555
I don't think this is possible with pdf compiled from a latex document, but I may be wrong.
>>52952303
intel
>>52953785
>moving the goal posts
You can edit any PDF document just fine.
>>52952644
>not Word 2003
![Notepad[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/vO8SJx6.png "Notepad[1].png")
Just werks
>>52953785
I'm not even that guy, I was just asking.
>>52954036
Hmmmm
>>52952309
obviously
>>52953414
You do that too, every day.
None
Word processors un-solve a problem by requiring humans to do formatting manually. It's basically a dumbed down XML generator in most cases, because typing <bold></bold> gets annoying.
You'd think we'd have good auto-formatting/layouting heuristics by now since all human printed texts conform to the same set of conventions aside from art shit
Fuck we have style guides for document design and not one faggot is programmatically applying them
We actually hire people to copy numbers down into spreadsheets with excel. Could a computer do that? Fucking yes. Could a computer do that in 1980? Yes.
>>52952948
I am a University Student and shit is expensive as hell after all.
Want to pirate office2007 if possible
>>52954067
Nice screenshot? Would you like me to post a screenshot of an open PDF? You can't possibly refute that.
>>52953076
Vim is an okay text editor
A shame it doesn't come with a good macro language
>>52954111
>Ignorance, the post.
>>52954136
Just saying dude, it's not working 100%
>>52952303
Gedit
>>52954128
Are you looking at maximum enterprise edition, relative?
The office 365 is 10€/month for non-students, and comes with 1TB onedrive space to boot.
Oh, and the 10€ actually gets you FIVE licenses. So band together with four other nerds from your university, and you can have the full office suite and 1TB storage for offsite backups for 2€ a month.
2€ is not expensive as hell. For what you are getting, it's the opposite of expensive as hell.
>>52954298
the real cost is to your freedom
>>52954324
>(you)
>>52954273
Well "dude", I am saying it is, unless you purposefully compile some shit that will obviously be incompatible with Word it is going to be fine. The example was a resume. Not some physics equation.
I like Markdown a lot if I don't need to use a ton of images.
- Looks fairly good
- Plaintext (version control-friendly)
- Editors are available for every platform or web-based
- Markdown docs are perfectly readable as regular text files
If you install emacs and sacrfice half of hour to learn it from youtube
YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE I PROMISE YOU
>>52952453
>>52952548
if you think you can hand in your CV anywhere in any other format than PDF, you've either never applied anywhere serious or the company you applied to was so shit it's unreal.
protip: real companies have online application and i have literally never seen one that accepted uploads other than PDF and JPEG for pictures (Europe).
>>52952652
>Download latex
>start to learn it
>try to Change the default font to Times New Roman
>have to use xelatex
>finally set TNR
>the rest of the commands don't work anymore
>go back to MS Word
I seriously want to learn latex but It's even complicated in something like the font selection
>>52954622
You're full of shit because I once had to reupload my CV as docx because the HR bitch couldn't open it. Yes it was an IT firm. Yes the company was men only except HR, which was 100% womens.
>>52954667
just keep at it, when you know it then it is easy
>>52954686
Everyone says so, but I haven't been able to find time and motivation for learning it over ms word
Do you know any good tutorials for it?
>>52954298
>5 nerds having to share one Microsoft account
Nobody will do this.
>>52952548
>Propetriary document format
>>52952895
My University got Office 365 ProPlus for every students and staff members, so it's basically free for us.
>>52952323
>cheap
thats not an advantage when the competitors are free
Corel Wordperfect is GOAT
>>52952395
when was the last time you had to open a fucking .odt file? .docx is everywhere and libreoffice can't render it for shit.
>>52954789
>Propetriary document format
>>52954970
It is when the free competitors are crap.
>>52954667
>try to Change the default font to Times New Roman
>have to use xelatex
wat
\usepacke{times}
wew that was hard.
Not that LaTeX isn't a pain in the ass to use but your example is bullshit
>>52955182
*usepackage
of course
>>52952303
Libre Office at home laptop, MS Word on Windows or at work.
>>52955146
I am talking about .doc, dumbass.
I got Office 2013 Professional Plus for $9.95 from my J.P. Morgan Chase discount
>>52954622
>Europe
Makes sense.
>>52956541
What's the difference between Office 2013 Professional and Plus?
>>52956794
One aims for professionals, while the other one aims for plus
>>52954667
That's why Troff (groff) is the Unix Way.
Only math nerds use Latex.
>>52954622
ITT: Things that never happened.
What were they thinking when designing that UI?
>>52952548
A printout of an email isn't very official, is it nos
>>52953369
You can publish it in word, which locks changes
do we really have to argue about cost? is there anyone in here not capable of clicken twice to download any of that shit for free?
>>52952308
I am going to punch my fucking computer screen reading your comment. WRONG.
And one day you won't be able to say that in a serious conversation.
GRRM writes his masterpieces on Wordstar 4.0, a DOS word processor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5REM-3nWHg
>>52952323
>compatible with everything
Not Linux.
Vim obviously.
