On 18/02/18 20:53, Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote:
As to Word, it does not run on Linux, but there is a better alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice. Remember that Word is widespread, but it is not necessarily popular, and it is certainly not universal. If you want to work with portable documents, LibreOffice is a good way, but you need to convince those still with Word to either make the default document file format something in common, such as PDF for just one example, or better still move to LibreOffice, it is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Word is proprietary pox and like pox, it has infected many ;-) But it can run on Linux, either with CrossOver or even in a browser from M$. Obviously I would direct people to LibreOffice as much as possible, but some people remain wedded to Microsoft and no amount of convincing will change their mind. Cheers A.