Iād like to process some Microsoft Word documents on my android tab. Do you have any recommendations on FOSS word editors that work with .doc and .docx on android?
Iād like to process some Microsoft Word documents on my android tab. Do you have any recommendations on FOSS word editors that work with .doc and .docx on android?
33 Comments
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 105d
First off, convert them to ODF, to not get nasty surprises and compatibility problems. MS OOXML is only a pseudo-standard and kept incompatible to competitors on purpose.
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 105d
Done and done š thanks! š
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 105d
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Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 105d
Maybe consider Collabora Office...
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
Didn't work for some reason. Now I'm guessing the files were read-only. But then again, LibreOffice opened them without issues on my Linux rig a few minutes ago...
fatur0000new@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 105d
Open your file with Collabora Office. It will makes your file writable. If you open your file without Collabora Office (example: file manager), your file will be read-only because Collabora Office doesn't have permission
I am sorry if my english is bad.
Kopeshan@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 105d
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.documentfoundation.libreoffice
Editing is experimental though.
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 105d
Nice! Thanks! As a last resort, I'm considering X11 + LibreOffice on Termux.
iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 105d
Had no idea you can setup a full DE & display server on Termux, must be clunky but really cool
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 105d
Yeah, it's pretty sweet! There's even a whole sub over at Reddit. But be warned: I once asked politely why they insist on ricing their termux instances - expecting some sincere replies - and I got bullied out of there faster than the Millennium Falcon did the Kessel Run...
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 105d
Maybe dontnsay ricing
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
Why? People above ricing now? š¤£
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 105d
Think about what group of people a word based on "rice" targets?
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
I'm really not deep enough into that culture to understand what you mean. Either that, or it's that I'm a non native speaker? š Please explain. š Is it not just a nerdy way of saying "making a Linux desktop environment look fancy"?
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 105d
libreoffice under termux + termux-x11 was the best solution i could find in 2025, actually worked really well. but it could be a bit tedious to use if you're not familiar with *nix stuff.
i think the termux repo didn't ship libreoffice and i had to use proot distro debian, but i may be misremembering.
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
Yep, that still seems to be the case.
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 3 pts · 105d
I was looking for something similar late last year. I dare say there is no good and FOSS solution right now on Android.
bmpvy@piefed.social · 3 pts · 105d
on F-Droid there is Librera FD for android
can read pdf mobi epub doc docx rtf and a lot of other
Joker_1902@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 105d
what about only office?
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
Nah, tried it, but alas... I just went home and did it with LibreOffice on my Linux rig.
Babalugats@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 105d
As well as LibreOffice
Collabora Office (Based on LibreOffice)
and
OpenDocument
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 105d
Thanks! Unfortunately, neither were able to open my
.docxfiles.lyralycan@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 105d
I recommend moving to .odt and such, Microsoft altered the supposed-to-be-standardised formats they use, probably to lock people into their ecosystem. You could instead select all and copy from the docx into a fresh .odt, and fix the formatting differences.
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 105d
Yeah, I'm on my way home now to do this on my Linux rig. Ugh... Would've been nice to be able to do it from my tab at the cafe, but, we can't have it all, I guess š¤£
Babalugats@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 105d
I thought Collabaro would for sure.
I don't really know these, but..
Only Office
AndroOpenOffice
iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 105d
Can confirm Only Office has worked well for me