Last summer, we talked about OpenOffice.org as a viable alternative to the Microsoft Office near-monopoly on office software.
This week, we’d thought we’d revisit OpenOffice.org and let you know about a particularly great version of OpenOffice – LibreOffice!
As they say on their website, LibreOffice is the power-packed free, libre and open source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs.
Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base all look, feel, and work the same way that their Office 2003 equivalents did. And they can open, edit, and save all Office file formats, including the new 2007/2010 versions. You can save your documents in any office format, including PDF!
Some of the newest features:
- Support for the new MS Office SmartArt
- PDF export can have watermarks
- Corel Draw document importing
- And more! Check out all the new features and updates!
| LibreOffice /OpenOffice Equivalent | Microsoft Office Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Writer | Word |
| Calc | Excel |
| Impress | PowerPoint |
| Base | Access |
| Draw | An All-Purpose Diagramming and Charting Tool (no real MS Office Equivalent – similar to the drawing tools in PowerPoint) |
| Math | MS Equation Editor |
Watch a Tech Briefing video Open Source Tools, including OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
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