What's everyone's opinion of OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice?
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
I have the same quandary with Access 2003. I still prefer to use it even though I have the newest version w/365. I just hate the layout and organization of the newer version! I've only had to deal with the OpenOffice Base once when my dad tried to use it for a small charity organization. I remember disliking it for some reason but that was a long time back! :)
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
I like LibreOffice quite a bit. It works quite well, is rather fast, and supports a lot of file formats. The fact that it is free is a bonus.
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
None nothing near MSOffice.
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
I've been using LibreOffice for a while now - having switched from MSOffice - and it's pretty damn good! It's handled everything I've thrown at it, including a pile of Ami Pro / WordPro documents that Word wouldn't touch.
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I've been using LibreOffice for a while now - having switched from MSOffice - and it's pretty damn good! It's handled everything I've thrown at it, including a pile of Ami Pro / WordPro documents that Word wouldn't touch.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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:laugh: Historical documentation! I didn't want to break out the SmartSuite 97 CD and see if it worked on Win 10 (it was excellent on Win7, seriously quick - it made Word look like the bloated slug it always was)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I like LibreOffice quite a bit. It works quite well, is rather fast, and supports a lot of file formats. The fact that it is free is a bonus.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Yes, like it "supports" the MS .docx format, but on numerous occasions, when I've edited and saved Word docs in Libre Writer, it has stuffed up their formatting.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
Some time ago I had a problem with OpenOffice, (do not remember what) so tried LibreOffice. I could try OpenOffice again but why if LibreOffice works for me?
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
We have used OpenOffice at home for years, but, we don't try to stress it either. We use it for simple documents and spreadsheets mostly, but my wife did do a PowerPoint presentation with it and she was pleased with the results.
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We have used OpenOffice at home for years, but, we don't try to stress it either. We use it for simple documents and spreadsheets mostly, but my wife did do a PowerPoint presentation with it and she was pleased with the results.
Here at work we make heavy user of Pivot Tables, Power Pivot and Power View. Does Libre Office (or Open Office) have an equivalent? Can Libre Office even open Excel files that make use of them?
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Here at work we make heavy user of Pivot Tables, Power Pivot and Power View. Does Libre Office (or Open Office) have an equivalent? Can Libre Office even open Excel files that make use of them?
As I said, we use it for home use. If you use Pivot Tables and so on.. can you download OO and see what it does? Or, e-mail the spreadsheet to your home account and try it from there? At work, I use Excel every day, but more as a configuration tool with vendor Add-ins than as a data manipulation tool.
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I've been using LibreOffice for a while now - having switched from MSOffice - and it's pretty damn good! It's handled everything I've thrown at it, including a pile of Ami Pro / WordPro documents that Word wouldn't touch.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Ami Pro, loved this word processor back in the Windows 3.1 days. They totally ruined it when they made Word Pro for the 32bit Office suite they made.
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
Use to run Open Office years ago but always had some issues. When I heard about Libre Office I gave it shot and stayed with it since the issues seemed to be gone. In fact, I installed it a work since it was better at rendering some of our 'old' word docs better than Word 2010.
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Some time ago I had a problem with OpenOffice, (do not remember what) so tried LibreOffice. I could try OpenOffice again but why if LibreOffice works for me?
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
Libre was forked from Open some time ago, and the developers from Open went to Libre. Libre is stable and flexible and free and I loves it! Dan
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Here at work we make heavy user of Pivot Tables, Power Pivot and Power View. Does Libre Office (or Open Office) have an equivalent? Can Libre Office even open Excel files that make use of them?
AndrewJacksonZA wrote:
Can Libre Office even open Excel files that make use of them?
I have had no problems with LibreOffice opening Excel files or even saving files into older Excel file formats for coworkers using the older Office software. I actually use LibreOffice spreadsheets on a fairly regular basis and I find it handles data, especially database Datetime columns, far better than Excel does. I have columns that Excel refuses to format to anything other than what Excel deems it to be. LO just does what I tell it and off we go.
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Supposedly OpenOffice is not being supported much and LibreOffice is better, but I find the look of OpenOffice to be better. One little thing that bugs me about LibreOffice is the very large dropdownlist row size for the typeface selection, so I find that I'm not motivated to switch over. IDK, maybe I've been a user of OpenOffice so long that I am used to its quirks, especially the way that a matrix is selected when using the matrix functions.
LibreOffice has font rendering issues when simply editing a regular word doc, where OpenOffice's text looks nice and clean. After using LO for a bit, I had to switch back to OO simply for that.
