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The other day, my mother approached me about Office alternatives. Before she retired, she daily drove Office, but feels like it's changed so much that learning a new program isn't any more friction than keeping up with AI bullshit.
I got my mom on LibreOffice and she had no problem adapting
She will adapt to service us
Her powerpoint presentations will be added to our own
Likewise, my father in law loves Libre now.
For consumer use, I don't see much difference in Office and LibreOffice. For business, Excel is the killer app, can't do without it, but individuals can adapt pretty easy.
Load LibreOffice on her machine and let her try it! Leave the defaults to open docs with Office so it doesn't frustrate her.
Last time I used Excel extensively was in high school, and after using Google Sheets for many years, going back to Excel feels like nightmare. I don't know how to explain it, but last time I needed it for something, it felt very frustrating to use.