[Hidden-tech] Google Suite vs Office 365 opinions sought

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Rich-true. In my case, I needed real Office compatibility, which was
difficult enough with various versions of Office and NORMAL.DOT files
and nearly impossible with any of the Office clones. For professional
collaborative work, I have given up on anything except MS Office. I
would assume that the financial people at the non-profit would feel the
same about Excel vs Sheets.  

I have put some personal stuff in Google docs since the availability and
ease of editing outweighed any compatibility issues. For writing fiction
where all I needed was basic editing and formatting, it was fine. For
anything else, I found Google Docs annoying. Certainly it may be a
personal thing. 

BTW, for writing fiction and non-fiction, I have been using Scrivener.
It is a great program for drafting, moving sections around, keeping
research linked to specific parts of the document, and general
composing. It allows you to export to Word and I expect to do that once
the document is drafted.

On 2019-09-12 3:39 pm, Mark D. Hamill via Hidden-discuss wrote:

> I follow this guy. If seriously interested in LibreOffice, here's his video on how to make it as Word-like as possible. 
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0jeYe8iNWo 
> 
> He also likes NextCloud as an alternative to Google and Microsoft's suites. 
> 
> https://nextcloud.com 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 5:30 PM Rich at tnr via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote: 
> 
>> I've worked with (and still) use all -- and I'd take a serious look at 
>> Libreoffice -- I get the comments, however as someone running commercial 
>> and non-profit the real question for me is the need for comparability vs 
>> cost -- add in how many functions do you need/use.
>> For example, there is no Access equivalent in google doc.
>> 
>> As for re-formatting, all that relates to the comparability -- who you 
>> work with and what tools they use you need to interact with,
>> 
>> A side note, you don't need gmail to use google doc - the only issue is 
>> the 1st time login, and asking someone to response to a invite is really 
>> not much of a bit deal.
>> 
>> Rich
>> 
>> On 9/10/2019 9:47 AM, Sara MacKay via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>> Hi Folks
>>> 
>>> I need to switch our non-profit to either Google for non- profits or 
>>> Office 365. Both provide the functions we need. Google suite has the 
>>> advantage that 1/2 the staff have gmail and are familiar w the 
>>> platform. Also google forms are really helpful for our 2 program 
>>> coordinators. Office 365 has the office Suite of programs that we have 
>>> always used and Word & Excel seem more robust and easier to do mail 
>>> merges & formatting.
>>> So I have 3 questions that I'm looking for opinions on from anyone 
>>> who has switched people over to one format or the other.
>>> 1. Has digital transfer of accounts to either been especially hard or 
>>> especially easy?
>>> 
>>> 2. Was using google drive or 1 drive difficult or confusing for low 
>>> tech-savvy users?  We have 22 staff. Maybe 5 are very comfortable with 
>>> tech.
>>> 
>>> 3. Any thoughts on the administration of either?
>>> 
>>> Only 5 staff reported a preference. 2 for Office 365, 2 for Google, & 
>>> one who says either except sharing a google doc is cumbersome if the 
>>> receiver doesn't have gmail.
>>> 
>>> Looking mostly for red flags or praise to help w the final choice.
>>> 
>>> Any input appreciated, thanks.
>>> Sara
>>> 
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