Is it possible to work on ms office formats like .doc and .xls on Linux ?
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LibreOffice and OnlyOffice are both compatible with MS Office formats. LibreOffice is more popular, but OnlyOffice has better compatibility with MS Office files and the interface is very similar as well.
if you don’t like libre office, you can also run MS Office stuff using Wine. Wine was literally made for that.
Libre Office should work in most cases. In the handful that Libre Office can’t you might try installing MS Office through WINE.
One heads up, even MS Office on Windows has trouble with opening MS Office formats correctly between versions. Seems like every time they release a new version the format changes slightly but dramatically. The actual text is usually fine, but formatting is often borked.
A third option is to use Office 365. It’s browser based. It’s also a monthly subscription.
Yes it’s possible. LibreOffice, for example, can open, edit and even save to those formats.
And if moderate complicated, easily break the formatting or contents.
Make sure a bavkup/versioning system is in place!
If for some reason you don’t like Libre Office then MS Office works in the browser.
And the docx or pptx can be checked for formatting errors (images in tables may not be anchored as a character for example).
Yes-ish. Work on at all, yes. Have full cross compatibility? Absolutely not. There are so many things that won’t retain formatting or features which plain don’t exist. For me, impress vs. powerpoint is a complete no go. I have to use office for work, so I just use powerpoint in a vm when I need it. And good luck ever working on anything with someone else. Office is an ever moving target. I sincerely, and unfortunately, doubt there will ever be a FOSS drop in replacement.
You can work on them in libre office.
https://www.onlyoffice.com/en/download-desktop.aspx
I got MS Office running on Linux by using WinApps from GitHub
There’s also a reddit “tutorial” (if you can call it that)