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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on your goals I think. Microsoft isn’t very likely to ever abandon their office suite, since it’s an integral part of their business. Google could do that tomorrow.

If you want to get away from big evil corporations, then no they’re obviously not an alternative.

I think there are Google Docs clones you could self-host.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OnlyOffice, which is included in NextCloud and allows for co-editing, works fine in my experience. Microsoft Office Online is slightly more sophisticated, but it also feels more bloated in my experience.

There's also a markdown editor allowing for co-authoring in Nextcloud. It lacks proper track changes, but for drafting up a document together it's great. Then you can just convert to word or latex when it's time to revise.

For most of my co-authoring needs I use Overleaf, which is a fantastic online Latex editor.

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

There are certainly options! Good old LibreOffice is still around too.

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

Yes! The ones I listed are just my preferred solutions for simultaneous co-authoring. Whenever I just need regular office software LibreOffice is my go to. :)