Bought a new laptop a few months back. It came with MS-Office trial version installed. Like many latest laptops, my laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive. So, there was no easy way to install my old MS-Office (2003) from the CDs. Not even sure if the latest version of Windows OS supports MS-Office 2003.
As such I wanted to move away from proprietary software and was looking for opensource alternatives. Came across LibreOffice, an open source product, as a possible replacement for MS-Office.
I have been using LibreOffice for last 6+ months and very happy with it. I have only used word processor and spreadsheet tools from LibreOffice. It's been able to accomplish everything that MS-Word and MS-Excel did in the past. Very happy with its quality and usability. Much better than bloated MS-Office. Usability of MS-Office also went down significantly after they made major changes a few years back which changed the UI drastically from how it was in MS-Office 2003. Simplicity was gone. Old skills and tips & tricks became useless. Compared to that LibreOffice UI is simple, straight forward and less cluttered.
Google Docs and Google Sheets are another option to replace MS-Office. They are really very good and versatile. However since they are cloud-based, you don't have a rich editor which can harness the laptop's power and provide relatively richer editing capabilities and experience. For simple word processing and spreadsheet needs, google docs and sheets are more than adequate. Another advantage is you can access them on the go as your docs are all on your google drive.
LibreOffice can process MS-Office documents. You can save in original MS-Office format or choose to save in LibreOffice's open source format among many formats it supports. Macros work without any issues. Security is good. Periodic updates are provided.
Very happy with LibreOffice and Google Docs / Sheets. Happy to have gotten rid of MS-Office. Recently read somewhere that MS-Office is highly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Are opensource products more vulnerable? Don't know. Since code is available, hackers can find vulnerabilities easily. On the other hand, chances are open source community itself finds holes sooner and plugs them before they are exploited. :)
LibreOffice also has mobile apps. I have not used them much. I prefer OpenDocumentReader Android app which can open any doc saved in open doc format.
Kudos to LibreOffice and its creators. Thanks a lot to the opensource community.
As such I wanted to move away from proprietary software and was looking for opensource alternatives. Came across LibreOffice, an open source product, as a possible replacement for MS-Office.
I have been using LibreOffice for last 6+ months and very happy with it. I have only used word processor and spreadsheet tools from LibreOffice. It's been able to accomplish everything that MS-Word and MS-Excel did in the past. Very happy with its quality and usability. Much better than bloated MS-Office. Usability of MS-Office also went down significantly after they made major changes a few years back which changed the UI drastically from how it was in MS-Office 2003. Simplicity was gone. Old skills and tips & tricks became useless. Compared to that LibreOffice UI is simple, straight forward and less cluttered.
Google Docs and Google Sheets are another option to replace MS-Office. They are really very good and versatile. However since they are cloud-based, you don't have a rich editor which can harness the laptop's power and provide relatively richer editing capabilities and experience. For simple word processing and spreadsheet needs, google docs and sheets are more than adequate. Another advantage is you can access them on the go as your docs are all on your google drive.
LibreOffice can process MS-Office documents. You can save in original MS-Office format or choose to save in LibreOffice's open source format among many formats it supports. Macros work without any issues. Security is good. Periodic updates are provided.
Very happy with LibreOffice and Google Docs / Sheets. Happy to have gotten rid of MS-Office. Recently read somewhere that MS-Office is highly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Are opensource products more vulnerable? Don't know. Since code is available, hackers can find vulnerabilities easily. On the other hand, chances are open source community itself finds holes sooner and plugs them before they are exploited. :)
LibreOffice also has mobile apps. I have not used them much. I prefer OpenDocumentReader Android app which can open any doc saved in open doc format.
Kudos to LibreOffice and its creators. Thanks a lot to the opensource community.
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I did have Word-10 (original, of course.) After a few years it became corrupt and useless. So I shifted to 2007. In fact 2003 is the best, I agree.Thanks for info on LibreOffice.
Thanks Sunaath Sir for your comment.
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