Apache OpenOffice is a leading open-source office suite that offers free applications for word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, graphics, databases and more. All data is stored in an open standard format, though Open Office can also read and write files from other common office software.
• Top positive commentalmost 2 years ago • 0 replies
It has everything that Office has and it is free.
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• Top positive commentover 2 years ago • 0 replies
I liek it. Free and more useful than Microsoft Office IMO. Also, it's Open Source so it's better by default.
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• Top negative commentover 1 year ago • 0 replies
If you're searching a Suite, I advise you to use LibreOffice instead. And people who still using OpenOffice : you should really consider using LibreOffice. There is a well know bug (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126869) on Apache OpenOffice since 2016, it still unresolved (and I wonder if it will be one day), and it can corrompt your files and make them useless.
Free alternative to Office although it is now better to use Libreoffice
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• Review • 9 months ago • 0 replies
Open Office is in "maintenance" mode: development has been slowed down for years and largely superseded by Libre Office, all in feature, security and performance-wise.
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• Review • 11 months ago • 0 replies
Regarding bugs, both OpenOffice and LibreOffice seem to be prone to crashing and losing files. Discretion and regular backups are advised. Latest versions of LibreOffice are getting very sluggish and unreliable. While OpenOffice is rarely updated, its caveats are at least better known, and it runs much quicker. Well, the choice is yours...
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Tarek_Hasan
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Use Libreoffice, this project is dead. Dont deserve a single rating. 5-10 bug fixes every year from 2014 and no new feature? A 5 year old can do better than that. For who are wondering why i am angry at a dead project instead of quietly moving on, its because of stubborn people of Apache foundation. Who don't have a slightest desire to improve the project or be a good friend and point people towards a better and active project. Instead they brag about 300 million downloads of their 4.1.x branch. They are using people's lack of knowledge about a better alternative like a politician. Apache foundation, please stop being a political group and become a organization for software freedom.
Apache OpenOffice was added to AlternativeTo by Ola on Apr 18, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 5, 2021. Apache OpenOffice is sometimes referred to as OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Open Office, OOO, AOo.
If you're searching a Suite, I advise you to use LibreOffice instead. And people who still using OpenOffice : you should really consider using LibreOffice. There is a well know bug (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126869) on Apache OpenOffice **since 2016**, it still unresolved (and I wonder if it will be one day), and it can corrompt your files and make them useless. Here is a video of what can happen because of that bug : https://twitter.com/i/status/1136527439604133890 Knowing that now, continue using it or download it at your own risk. _[Edited by tibi97427, August 25]_
It has everything that Office has and it is free.
I liek it.
Free and more useful than Microsoft Office IMO. Also, it's Open Source so it's better by default.
If you're searching a Suite, I advise you to use LibreOffice instead. And people who still using OpenOffice : you should really consider using LibreOffice. There is a well know bug (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126869) on Apache OpenOffice since 2016, it still unresolved (and I wonder if it will be one day), and it can corrompt your files and make them useless.
Here is a video of what can happen because of that bug : https://twitter.com/i/status/1136527439604133890
Knowing that now, continue using it or download it at your own risk.
[Edited by tibi97427, August 25]
Free alternative to Office although it is now better to use Libreoffice
Open Office is in "maintenance" mode: development has been slowed down for years and largely superseded by Libre Office, all in feature, security and performance-wise.
Regarding bugs, both OpenOffice and LibreOffice seem to be prone to crashing and losing files. Discretion and regular backups are advised. Latest versions of LibreOffice are getting very sluggish and unreliable. While OpenOffice is rarely updated, its caveats are at least better known, and it runs much quicker. Well, the choice is yours...
Use Libreoffice, this project is dead.
Dont deserve a single rating. 5-10 bug fixes every year from 2014 and no new feature? A 5 year old can do better than that.
For who are wondering why i am angry at a dead project instead of quietly moving on, its because of stubborn people of Apache foundation. Who don't have a slightest desire to improve the project or be a good friend and point people towards a better and active project. Instead they brag about 300 million downloads of their 4.1.x branch. They are using people's lack of knowledge about a better alternative like a politician. Apache foundation, please stop being a political group and become a organization for software freedom.