This is likely to be the biggest deciding factor for many people. LibreOffice does look a little more modern thanks to its larger icons and leaning towards subtle pastel hues, but it's nothing that'll affect your everyday work. The functional differences are very minor for example, the sidebar in OpenOffice Writer is open by default, whereas in LibreOffice it's closed. LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice are almost identical. Both software suites offer plenty of user-made designs to download, but LibreOffice's selection of pre-installed options is far superior to OpenOffice's. If you often need to make presentations, LibreOffice has the edge in terms of the number (and quality) of slide templates available. If you choose LibreOffice, you'll need to pick one language at the start and stick with it.
If you're multilingual, it's worth noting that Apache OpenOffice offers more in terms of flexibility when it comes to languages, letting you download additional language patches as plugins. As its name implies, this is a small application specifically for creating charts and graphs, ready to be imported into other documents. Toolsīoth LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice offer essentially the same set of apps (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math), but LibreOffice also includes a tool called Charts. Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.The frequency of updates means there's also more potential for bugs in LibreOffice, but any that do appear are likely to be resolved quickly. I looked at the release notes for 4.1.11 and it lists in its System Requirements: As I said, it has been working fine for over a year. I did not install version 4.1.11 on my PC, I paid a fee to a reputable Computer Repair shop to do it. The note about access rights and password is a bit unnerving. I am the only user on my PC and have never had to worry about setting my Admin password to download. Note: Before downloading an update, please ensure that you have sufficient access rights to install it.Ī password, usually the administrator's or root password, may be required. The installed version is OpenOffice 4.1.11. I saw the OpenOffice notification for downloading & installing version 4.1.14 of OpenOffice: In the last week or so I have had numerous crashes of both applications.
Until recently, I have had no issues using Writer & Calc. I have been running Windows 10 & OpenOffice version 4.1.11 on my Lenovo 510a IdeaCentre PC for a little over a year.
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