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I recently switched from the slow to start, heavy and annoying (ad) on MS Word Starter 2010 to OpenOffice.org 3.2. Apart from finding it dull to look at and at time frustratingly slow, I was okay with the software because it did not have the advertisement at least.
Soon, I grew tired of it too, installed LibreOffice 3.4 and I was pleasantly surprised! This thing is fast, has a much better look/feel and gets the basics right. And the best part, it is coming to Android and will have a cloud version too!
The Document Foundation (TDF) announced plans last year to create mobile and cloud versions of LibreOffice. A preliminary iOS porting effort that was undertaken earlier in 2011 demonstrated the viability of the project and showed that the open source office suite could have a future beyond the desktop.
In a presentation this week at the FOSDEM conference, SUSE developer Michael Meeks shed some light on the current status of the porting project. The presentation slides, which he published on his blog, offer insight into some of the underlying technical details and the rationale for some of the high-level design decisions.
LibreOffice is gaining lots of momentum among users, too. Last year, TDF estimated that the number of users who have tried the open source office suite is approximately 10 million. LibreOffice 3.5, a major update with lots of improvements, is expected to arrive next week.
And the best part, LibreOffice is developed by TDF. The Document Foundation.
Eagerly waiting for the major update: version 3.5.
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Thanks Krow..I use Openoffice in office.
but after looking at the screenshots in its website...is it also developed by sunmicrosystem coz the icons are same as openoffice?
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I was using open office from long, for me it is there only because sometimes people send me files in doc format else for me there is rarely any use of office application, I shifted to LebreOffice few months back and definitely its better than Open Office and little lighter too !
Version 3.5.1 is out. LibreOffice seems to have done away with that annoying gray border which OpenOffice had. Okay, you can disable it but I dislike it on by default. So far I am happy with LO. Doesbthe job and does not take eons to do it.
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I mostly use Writer and impress.
I couldn't understand the need of Draw in a office suite. Does it have any other function than drawing?(like making graphs?)
Can it now export documents properly to ppt(x)?
Draw lets you build diagrams and sketches from scratch. A picture is worth a thousand words, so why not try something simple with box and line diagrams? Or else go further and easily build dynamic 3D illustrations and special effects. It's as simple or as powerful as you want it to be.
I think you can save presentations as pptx. If you mean Draw to pptx then I can't help you, I do not use it.
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^ in 2.4.2 it would save the files in the pptx but all the formatting would be gone. I wanted to know if the problem still persists.
You mean formatting would be ruined when opened in Microsoft Powerpoint? I do not own a copy of Powerpoint so I cannot help you there as well. But why bother using LibreOffice if you own MS Office anyway? Use it if you are going to be opening it in LibreOffice, no point using it in MS Office.
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I know what you mean. Well, I have not even installed anything apart from Writer. No idea about compatibility. Luckily, my company uses OpenOffice.org. So, I use ODF all the time.
Does anyone know if MS Office supports ODF yet? Version 2007 could not open it. Not sure about 2010.
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You mean formatting would be ruined when opened in Microsoft Powerpoint? I do not own a copy of Powerpoint so I cannot help you there as well. But why bother using LibreOffice if you own MS Office anyway? Use it if you are going to be opening it in LibreOffice, no point using it in MS Office.
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BTW the formatting would be gone even if you open it in LibreOffice again(in ppt format)
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I know what you mean. Well, I have not even installed anything apart from Writer. No idea about compatibility. Luckily, my company uses OpenOffice.org. So, I use ODF all the time.
Does anyone know if MS Office supports ODF yet? Version 2007 could not open it. Not sure about 2010.
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