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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I use MS Office natively with that?

Not the full suite, natively. You can install it via PlayonLinux, which works well without fiddling, or you can use Office 365 on the web.

Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

Yes.

I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don’t have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won’t do.

Open Office is deprecated. You can use LibreOffice which is free. Or WPS Office or SoftMaker Office, which run on Linux and are 100% compatible with MS Office, but cost money.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also Only office, which appears to have the best compatibility with MS documents (although in my particular case I find it a bit cumbersome).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last I used it, it seemed to lack a lot of more advanced features. I think I especially stumbled over the bibliography, though I did not use any add-ons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

One can use Zotero ad Mendeley plugins for bibliography, btw.