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[–] dismay3915@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

No you cannot shift to open document formats because you can't send an odt file to another company. They will not know what it is. In the enterprise world you have to "send them the word" or "the excel".

[–] ShouldIHaveFun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm most case you provably want to just send the document as PDF, don't you? For which use case do you want to send an editable document to another company?

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

It's called collaboration. When I worked as a toolmaker, I needed to use SolidWorks, despite not being a big fan, because our customers used SW and they were often literally on the other side of the planet.

[–] Uplink@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Man I feel you and I know it's just how things are. But I often ask myself the following question: Why are lots of office workers so bad with computers? It's the tool they use for 1/3 of working day in their life. Just like a craftsman should learn to use their tools. No, instead they always act like it's something only tech guys should know about.

[–] Lorka@feddit.dk 1 points 2 hours ago

An electrician drives around in their van full of their tools. They are expert in their tools, but some can’t even change a tire on the van.

It’s the same with office jobs. You use a bunch of tools on the computer, but the computer isn’t necessarily a part of your tool set, it’s your vehicle.