Linux: MS Teams - and Office 365

These Corona-days we often meet on MS Teams at work. So a version on my Linux system could come in handy.

Just for the hell of it, I tried to find a MS Teams client in Arch Linux (Manjaro). To my surprise it was available. To my even greater surprise it worked like a charm. Thanx Microsoft.

At log in I could select my Logitech c920 webcam and the Thronmax usb microphone. I just had to allow the usage.

The only caveat was a screen share that did not work, because my wifi connection is terrible. That was certainly not a Microsoft issue, but rather something I want to discuss with Yousee (it's the never ending story: connection sucks, complain, then it works for at week or two, then the connection is horrible again).

By the way - I got the whole package: mail, calendar etc. etc.

Cool!

Docx - cannot print properly from Linux

Skyprinting from Linux or Windows does not give the same result. I'm not printing from Libre Office. I just upload the file from the directory. My conclusion: .docx is not an open format at all. You have to print from Windows.

Docx og Open Office - umulig cocktail

Det er efterhånden aldeles umuligt at editere et Microsoft Word dokument i Open Office. Alt vises forkert i Open Office. Ved docx-formatterede dokumenter er der ingen vej uden om det rædselsfulde program MS Word - og de platforme, som dette program eksisterer på.

Docx - elendig integration med Open Office

Filformatet Docx opfører sig umådeligt underligt i andre tekstbehandlingssystemer end MS Office.

Tabeller, tabulatorer, skrifttyper, fontstørrelse etc. - alt går skuddermudder, hvis man editerer filerne i Open Office.

Nu skal jeg ikke kunne sige, om skurken er Open Office eller MS Office; men integrationen mellem de to programmer er rent ud sagt håbløs.

Jeg har lige editeret en simpel tekstfil med billeder, tekst og en tabel. Følgende problemer optrådte:

• Fonte fik vilkårlige størrelser
• Understregninger af tekst
• Typografien skred i H1, H2
• Billeder forsvandt
• Lister stod underligt, og skulle tilrettes manuelt (læs: fjernes og genindsættes)
• Tabellen gik helt i ged, og kunne ikke vises

Problemerne ligner noget man kunne opleve for 20 år siden, når en WordPerfectfil mødte noget fra Microsoft.

Hvem vinder når standarderne bekriger hinanden? Ikke brugeren. Måske skulle man gå over til LaTEX eller rå HTML?