microsoft v libre office

[harvey b davison]

Hi all, due to me starting college, i need an office suite on my computer. However i dont like the idea of continually having to pay to keep microsoft office on my computer. I got told by a techy geek at work about an office suite called libre office. He highly recommends it. Says its fully compatable with microsoft office and above all its free.

 

Just wondering if anybody on here has heard of it or uses it. Or is there something else thats just as good.

 

cheers.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Try it.

[Kveldssanger]

I use Libre Office. It's great. Can save as a .doc file or whatever as well, or convert to PDF. Plus, it's free.

[Luckyeleven]

I used libre office for a while, had problems with it doing strange auto formatting stuff, irregular line spacing etc.

That being said I also resent paying yearly for the new Microsoft office package, Which is why I'm currently using word 2007.

[NFG]

Hi

 

Unfortunately, everything Microsoft will eventually switch to subcription based software, just wait & see.

 

Before switching to Mac about 8 years ago, Office 2000 or 2003 was perfectly adequate & to be honest subsequent versions of office from then have added precious little of real value or use, the ribbon feature in later versions being a source of annoyance whilst O2013 was little more than cosmetic and change everything around so you have to re-learn how to exploit the more uselful features.

 

Out of the freeware suites Id look at Open Office https://www.openoffice.org

 

 

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[diervek]

I'll second open office, my staple since its first inception - I'm always a sucker for open ware.

 

Maybe your college utilises office 365?....

[billpierce]

yep libre office id good.

 

i got sick of microsoft windows and converted to ubuntu OS, which is mostly great, and a lot faster!

[Ty Unnos]

Ditch windows and microsoft office and go for ubuntu + libre office. Free and loads better.

[Logrod]

I use libre office / open office , used to pay out for Microsoft office on each new computer but won't ever bother to do so again. You get almost the same functionality but it can take a bit of time to get used to finding everything if you've been used to using Microsoft over the years.

[billpierce]

with ubuntu or libre office if you just google your question 9/10 you get the exact answer.

 

open source is the future!