Top 5 FREE Microsoft Office Alternatives
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Date: 2020-05-09
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VJagentONE
Wow, Talk about DELUSIONAL! wow... I am floored. Folks the definition of Delusional is defined in this video. Libre Office is the second Worse on the list. I challenge you ALL to go ahead and do a Nice Presentation with Keynote like Smooth Effects with ANY of these office Clones and you will find only ONE is worthy of the Tops Spot and that is FreeOffice which is the free version of SoftMaker Office (not yet worth paying for though because the pro features don't work such as Video and Transitions need to be clicked twice to take effect) Most people giving you opinions of which is the Best are strictly speaking from a Microsoft Word perspective Only, and in that Free Office is Second best to WPS Office, but almost equal. here is my list of Best to worse (Referring to Linux Versions) 1. FreeOffice (SoftMaker Office) By the Way FreeOffice is FULLY Free and Works exactly like the Paid version...so it IS FREE (The Paid version just ads some new saving formats and such things like that) 2. WPS Office 3. Only Office (Worthy Effort) 4. Libre Office (Freaking Java!...get the heck outta my face) 5. Open Office Google Docs not included as we are not comparing to Cloud based Offices, but nevertheless if your psycho enough to have Google record all of your Docs, then Have fun using Google Docs. The one Thing that WPS Office DOES that Free Office does NOT (only on Linux but does work on OSX and Windows) is it allows you to Insert Videos into Presentations....however their Transitions and wipes are as pathetic as the old PowerPoint and Libre Office. Only Free Office can be used in a Professional Environment...particularly the PowerPoint Clone....it is the best I have ever seen on Linux. And for the record....since these are FREE, what the heck is wrong with Having at least 2 or three of these installed at the same time to better help fulfill your needs? HArd drive space is NOT an issue these days..... I personally Have FreeOffice and WPS Office both installed and use each with their strength as I need to Fulfill my purpose. I paid for the FreeOffice Paid version on a discount ( 32 for 5 licenses which is a great deal....however I regret it because what I paid for (Adding Video into SOftMaker Presentations, and better functionality, Does NOT work including adding sounds or music))...so get FreeOffice and WPS Office and you are good to go).
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Wow, Talk about DELUSIONAL! wow... I am floored. Folks the definition of Delusional is defined in this video. Libre Office is the second Worse on the list. I challenge you ALL to go ahead and do a Nice Presentation with Keynote like Smooth Effects with ANY of these office Clones and you will find only ONE is worthy of the Tops Spot and that is FreeOffice which is the free version of SoftMaker Office (not yet worth paying for though because the pro features don't work such as Video and Transitions need to be clicked twice to take effect) Most people giving you opinions of which is the Best are strictly speaking from a Microsoft Word perspective Only, and in that Free Office is Second best to WPS Office, but almost equal. here is my list of Best to worse (Referring to Linux Versions) 1. FreeOffice (SoftMaker Office) By the Way FreeOffice is FULLY Free and Works exactly like the Paid version...so it IS FREE (The Paid version just ads some new saving formats and such things like that) 2. WPS Office 3. Only Office (Worthy Effort) 4. Libre Office (Freaking Java!...get the heck outta my face) 5. Open Office Google Docs not included as we are not comparing to Cloud based Offices, but nevertheless if your psycho enough to have Google record all of your Docs, then Have fun using Google Docs. The one Thing that WPS Office DOES that Free Office does NOT (only on Linux but does work on OSX and Windows) is it allows you to Insert Videos into Presentations....however their Transitions and wipes are as pathetic as the old PowerPoint and Libre Office. Only Free Office can be used in a Professional Environment...particularly the PowerPoint Clone....it is the best I have ever seen on Linux. And for the record....since these are FREE, what the heck is wrong with Having at least 2 or three of these installed at the same time to better help fulfill your needs? HArd drive space is NOT an issue these days..... I personally Have FreeOffice and WPS Office both installed and use each with their strength as I need to Fulfill my purpose. I paid for the FreeOffice Paid version on a discount ( 32 for 5 licenses which is a great deal....however I regret it because what I paid for (Adding Video into SOftMaker Presentations, and better functionality, Does NOT work including adding sounds or music))...so get FreeOffice and WPS Office and you are good to go).
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Christof
At work, we have a 'mixed' environment, with Windows PC's and Macs. All PC's are running Microsoft Office, but the Macs have to make do with LibreOffice. Not a bad application, and you can't really complain since it's free, but there are ALWAYS (repeat: ALWAYS) problems when exchanging files with Microsoft Office users, whether it's on Mac or PC (layout messed up in Word and Powerpoint, formulas and macros not working in Excel, etc. - and vice versa of course). Moreover, LibreOffice's interface looks horrible, there's no system UI/UX integration at all (I've got Office 2016 on my home Mac, boy, what a difference). All these free alternatives are nice, good to tinker with for home users, but not much else. And not even then, because my kids sometimes work on Powerpoint presentations at school, bring them home to finish the work, only to find their layout totally messed up in LibreOffice). I've used LibreOffice on every platform, from PC to Linux to Mac, and just like Linux, it's a nice, good working piece of software, but that's just what it is. I'm not against open source software, on the contrary, I applaud it. I tinker with Linux and open source software on an older PC, and it's getting better every day. But unless it can be integrated seamlessly in a working environment, I'm not interested...
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At work, we have a 'mixed' environment, with Windows PC's and Macs. All PC's are running Microsoft Office, but the Macs have to make do with LibreOffice. Not a bad application, and you can't really complain since it's free, but there are ALWAYS (repeat: ALWAYS) problems when exchanging files with Microsoft Office users, whether it's on Mac or PC (layout messed up in Word and Powerpoint, formulas and macros not working in Excel, etc. - and vice versa of course). Moreover, LibreOffice's interface looks horrible, there's no system UI/UX integration at all (I've got Office 2016 on my home Mac, boy, what a difference). All these free alternatives are nice, good to tinker with for home users, but not much else. And not even then, because my kids sometimes work on Powerpoint presentations at school, bring them home to finish the work, only to find their layout totally messed up in LibreOffice). I've used LibreOffice on every platform, from PC to Linux to Mac, and just like Linux, it's a nice, good working piece of software, but that's just what it is. I'm not against open source software, on the contrary, I applaud it. I tinker with Linux and open source software on an older PC, and it's getting better every day. But unless it can be integrated seamlessly in a working environment, I'm not interested...
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Mike
I've given Libre Office and Open Office numerous tries but both have a common problem which appears will never be fixed. I needed a database alternative to my two VB/Access applications in which VB handles some simple math, if statements, and print functions in a data entry form. For whatever reason, both of these Office alternatives constantly crash upon entering data in a Form from the Base application. I see numerous complaints on the web for this exact problem but never a solution only comments like if you don't like it use something else . I needed this VB/Access type replacement because after being forced into Windows 10 which I detest it took me 3 days to get my old VB 6.0 Enterprise application to function with an Access Database. MS claims VB 6.0 will work but if you read numerous comments, it does not work well with a database. I can no longer risk MS creating an operating system which will eliminate VB 6.0s ability to work.
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I've given Libre Office and Open Office numerous tries but both have a common problem which appears will never be fixed. I needed a database alternative to my two VB/Access applications in which VB handles some simple math, if statements, and print functions in a data entry form. For whatever reason, both of these Office alternatives constantly crash upon entering data in a Form from the Base application. I see numerous complaints on the web for this exact problem but never a solution only comments like if you don't like it use something else . I needed this VB/Access type replacement because after being forced into Windows 10 which I detest it took me 3 days to get my old VB 6.0 Enterprise application to function with an Access Database. MS claims VB 6.0 will work but if you read numerous comments, it does not work well with a database. I can no longer risk MS creating an operating system which will eliminate VB 6.0s ability to work.
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Ali
I am very pleased with the LibreOffice service. I do not see any difference between MS window and LibreOffice. MS has made billions of Dollars from people and still is greedy to milk us. To purchase office from MS cost a couple hundred dollars. The funny part is that it last for only a couple years and have to pay another couple hundred dollars to renew it. This greedy behavior of MS is nothing short of taking advantage of public and rob them. I intent to donate some good amount of money to LibreOffice to appreciation their service. I strongly believe that everybody who uses the LibreOffice service should not take advantage of the initial free service but should have a good conscious to donate, and to support them.
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I am very pleased with the LibreOffice service. I do not see any difference between MS window and LibreOffice. MS has made billions of Dollars from people and still is greedy to milk us. To purchase office from MS cost a couple hundred dollars. The funny part is that it last for only a couple years and have to pay another couple hundred dollars to renew it. This greedy behavior of MS is nothing short of taking advantage of public and rob them. I intent to donate some good amount of money to LibreOffice to appreciation their service. I strongly believe that everybody who uses the LibreOffice service should not take advantage of the initial free service but should have a good conscious to donate, and to support them.
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Tractor
WPS office, is the no.1 (for us). The only one that opens .docx (made from MS office) as it should. Everything stays as it should: header/footer, page count, page breaks, tables, pictures, all elements stay in the right location on a page, content, headers that are linked, table of content, table of pictures,... all stays linked and so on. We even had a problem in MS office if one had SP1 but other did not and it changed text location. Please make a file (like a diploma,... where you have all the elements) in MS office, save it in docx, then open it in all this free software and you will see if and what is moved, missed, not linked to each other and so on. Same goes for xlsx. Please do a proper test. Thank you.
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WPS office, is the no.1 (for us). The only one that opens .docx (made from MS office) as it should. Everything stays as it should: header/footer, page count, page breaks, tables, pictures, all elements stay in the right location on a page, content, headers that are linked, table of content, table of pictures,... all stays linked and so on. We even had a problem in MS office if one had SP1 but other did not and it changed text location. Please make a file (like a diploma,... where you have all the elements) in MS office, save it in docx, then open it in all this free software and you will see if and what is moved, missed, not linked to each other and so on. Same goes for xlsx. Please do a proper test. Thank you.
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UpAndOut
Since I always have a hard time with computers, the main thing I want from an office suite is a set of very easy to understand tutorials that is also thorough. Something for us perpetual newbies. Something professionally done by the company itself, not by some lone computer geek with no communication skills. I've been trying to use Open Office, but it's almost incomprehensible. I have to rely on badly done computer geek videos here on YouTube for my tutorials, since Open Office doesn't bother to provide any. Can you recommend any other office suite alternatives that provide their own well done tutorials?
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Since I always have a hard time with computers, the main thing I want from an office suite is a set of very easy to understand tutorials that is also thorough. Something for us perpetual newbies. Something professionally done by the company itself, not by some lone computer geek with no communication skills. I've been trying to use Open Office, but it's almost incomprehensible. I have to rely on badly done computer geek videos here on YouTube for my tutorials, since Open Office doesn't bother to provide any. Can you recommend any other office suite alternatives that provide their own well done tutorials?
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B-Town
open office, and libre are next to one in the exact same though. They feel, and funtion, and even have virtually the exact same features. Obviously a dirivitive work. But I had trouble with open office. And Libre seems to be the best for me also. I'm really pleased. Exept for the cut out features. For that to be equivalent to powerpoint you must also download Gimp. a free drawing software truly equivalent to and more user friendly than photoshop. You litterally can have everything you need or ever wanted for free. Thank you God, and to these companies for their generous distribution.
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open office, and libre are next to one in the exact same though. They feel, and funtion, and even have virtually the exact same features. Obviously a dirivitive work. But I had trouble with open office. And Libre seems to be the best for me also. I'm really pleased. Exept for the cut out features. For that to be equivalent to powerpoint you must also download Gimp. a free drawing software truly equivalent to and more user friendly than photoshop. You litterally can have everything you need or ever wanted for free. Thank you God, and to these companies for their generous distribution.
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Bob
As always, thanks for the informative vid. As a consultant, I am not limited to any corporate/company software choices. But I've stuck with MS Word & Excel because I exchange many spreadsheets with clients that only run MS Excel (.xlsx). And often this process involves several iterations. Therefore compatibility must be more than just a marketing buzzword. It must be literal & 100%. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of compatibility between LibreOffice or OpenOffice spreadsheet programs and Microsoft Excel (2010 and newer)? Is it simply marketing talk, or is real? Thanks.
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As always, thanks for the informative vid. As a consultant, I am not limited to any corporate/company software choices. But I've stuck with MS Word & Excel because I exchange many spreadsheets with clients that only run MS Excel (.xlsx). And often this process involves several iterations. Therefore compatibility must be more than just a marketing buzzword. It must be literal & 100%. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of compatibility between LibreOffice or OpenOffice spreadsheet programs and Microsoft Excel (2010 and newer)? Is it simply marketing talk, or is real? Thanks.
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William
I'm happy to see that you included SoftMaker FreeOffice, but you didn't mention an important feature of FreeOffice: It allows the user to select either a traditional menu structure (like Libre Office and Microsoft Office 2003 and older) or a ribbon style menu (like Microsoft Office 2007 and newer). You also didn't mention that FreeOffice is also available as an Android app. Open Office, your number two choice, is (as of early 2019) hopelessly out of date. I think FreeOffice should be the runner-up, and Open Office should probably be ranked beneath WPS Office.
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I'm happy to see that you included SoftMaker FreeOffice, but you didn't mention an important feature of FreeOffice: It allows the user to select either a traditional menu structure (like Libre Office and Microsoft Office 2003 and older) or a ribbon style menu (like Microsoft Office 2007 and newer). You also didn't mention that FreeOffice is also available as an Android app. Open Office, your number two choice, is (as of early 2019) hopelessly out of date. I think FreeOffice should be the runner-up, and Open Office should probably be ranked beneath WPS Office.
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Spiros78
Freeoffice lacks the map navigation option, openoffice and libreoffice cannot select a line in the same way as ms office, freeoffice and even wordpad do, in a single click (workarounds are not solution). WPS office seems to have all it takes among them, though it supports very few languages, but i still haven't found how to open hyperlinks in it directly without ctrl-click. I believe it's better to give a sum and purchase a complete solution than chasing the developers all the time to add the obvious in their free versions.
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Freeoffice lacks the map navigation option, openoffice and libreoffice cannot select a line in the same way as ms office, freeoffice and even wordpad do, in a single click (workarounds are not solution). WPS office seems to have all it takes among them, though it supports very few languages, but i still haven't found how to open hyperlinks in it directly without ctrl-click. I believe it's better to give a sum and purchase a complete solution than chasing the developers all the time to add the obvious in their free versions.
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