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Ask HN: Lightweight Word Processors?

3 pointsthe__alchemist5 comments

Hey! Has anyone found a lightweight and responsive word processor? It seems I've been using the same bloated office suites decades! (Libre/OpenOffice, or MS). I suspect the integration of spreadsheets, PowerPoint-like tools etc detracts from the simplicity of what a word processor could be.

A sticking point is being able to open ODT files. I've tried recently:

  - WPS: Feels bloated, and no ODT support
  - Abiword: Discontinued Windows support
  - Atlantis: Not ODT support

I've professionally used WordPad on Windows for a couple of years as my only word processor. It did everything I needed, including ODT support.

> À sticking point is being able to open ODT files.

Doesn’t that imply supporting spreadsheets, PowerPoint-like tools etc inside text documents?

If so, you’d either want your tool to only open a subset of ODT files or have it discard parts of documents it doesn’t support (possibly with a warning on opening, or replacing them with a warning message)

Nope! Just looking for text files (ODT)

But ODT documents aren’t text files. They can contain tables, spreadsheets, etc.

I'm using, in this context "Open Document Text", to differentiate it from "Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) and "Open Document Presentation" (ODP) etc. ODT = Open Document Text = the format in question.

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