I try using Org-mode/Latex with pandoc, but end up using only Office for docx and PowerPoint.
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
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)
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.
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.
Libreoffice usually, but I was a dedicated Google docs user for years and I do miss the auto-syncing since it meant I could never really lose my work but I’ve been trying to reduce my Google usage. I’m travelling at the moment (months long trip) so haven’t been able to set up some sort of alternative system without access to all my devices.
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.
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.
TexStudio is a brilliant LaTeX editor! I used it almost exclusively during my studies.
It’s Google Docs for me. Even when I don’t need its live collaboration features.
I mostly use Libre Office, and sometimes Gnome Office
For my own use, I tend to go markdown for everything. Then it becomes either a blog post with hugo, or an email with markdown here (a browser and mail client extension to turn your markdown into html in a rich text field, or in an email), or a html doc.
For work, when I have no choice, I use office365. It sucks though, it’s not even fully compatible with using the desktop versions of the apps (size of elements, positioning will always be slightly off)
markdown - vimwiki for notes latex, overleaf - for research OnlyOffice - for docx and pptx
I like Libreoffice but it breaks the documents more than OnlyOffice.
and sometimes I have to double check in office365 the presentations before giving them because its always a shared computer with windows installed…
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OnlyOffice, I think it has the most polished UI and the LanguageTool plugin is really handy
If I am forced to use word documents, then Onlyoffice.
Otherwise Latex for text and presentation (beamer).
For tables I use the terminal program sc-im, which also works with excel files.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.
LibreOffice, I came for Linux support and PDF export… and stayed for the only Office that I know how to use 😄
Markdown for everything text-related.
I occasionally use libreoffice calc for when I need a spreadsheet.
Markdown is a good choice for text only. And I can easily convert it to pdf to share easily.
Except for stuff like libreoffice calc/excel.
What’s your setup with markdown btw?
Good question :-) still struggling with that. I keep notes at work and I try to keep a wiki format, so with folders and everything. Actually VSCode is quite nice for that, it can preview rendered markdown. I put it to show the rendered markdown by default and edit on double click.
For sharing this notes: GitHub and Gitlab will render for you. Don’t know about other platforms. I’ve used mkdocs in the past to generate websites but it takes a bit more work.
I did try vscode and cople of other things for this. I am currently using qownnotes for this. Could be better, but it integrates well with KDE. Pandoc for html and print to pdf on firefox if necessary.
