tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post4665089206406077648..comments2023-09-22T20:06:41.491+02:00Comments on Lodahl's blog: Is LibreOffice better than the competitor?Leif Lodahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-85790158888323554072015-02-12T20:37:34.874+01:002015-02-12T20:37:34.874+01:00I agree with most of your points. LibreOffice is i...I agree with most of your points. LibreOffice is in fact very competitive with MS Office and in some point simply better. <br /><br />A few corrections, though:<br />MS Office can also create PDF/A-1a and can also import PDF. It also has a presentation console. The navigator exists in Word (actually, it even has an advantage, because you can delete a heading with the subordinate text from the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-66362135004327787392015-02-12T19:37:25.810+01:002015-02-12T19:37:25.810+01:00Thanks for the great article. I think it is worth ...Thanks for the great article. I think it is worth linking the comprehensive and great comparison table from the Wiki:<br />https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_OfficeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-87639385726815260312015-02-12T15:41:56.924+01:002015-02-12T15:41:56.924+01:00@Anonymous: Thanks for you additional ideas. I hav...@Anonymous: Thanks for you additional ideas. I have added these to the article. I also added something else: The ability to insert SVG-files and edit SVG-files with Inkscape.Leif Lodahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-18011411817695650812015-02-11T21:38:59.598+01:002015-02-11T21:38:59.598+01:00A colleague just found your blog, great infos and ...A colleague just found your blog, great infos and nices articles!<br /><br />You should also add to LO these possibilities:<br /><br />- Writer<br />Almost a small DTP software with it's powerfull use of frames, styles and conditionnal formatting (quite more powerfull than the competition);<br /><br />- Calc<br />Yes, use styles for cells and pages + for conditionnal formatting;<br /><br />- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-53560541838177522012015-02-11T10:07:05.328+01:002015-02-11T10:07:05.328+01:00@ Lodahl : Thanks a lot for your reply :-)
@Sid :...@ Lodahl : Thanks a lot for your reply :-)<br /><br />@Sid : What about the Galaxy icons or, even *better*, the Sifr icons [1] ?<br /><br /><br />[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice-4.4-OS-X.pngUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976251461738862050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-74640567680757530112015-02-11T08:20:25.337+01:002015-02-11T08:20:25.337+01:00Staroffice, Openoffice and now Libreoffice has bee...Staroffice, Openoffice and now Libreoffice has been there for a long time giving hope for open source OS users. But the major gripes were the bugs, lack of features (such as no tables in Impress) and ugly UI. But with the inception of LO, things are changing to the better at a fairly good pace. This article is really important to prophesize about this good piece of software. Version 4.4 was Sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248809452576335107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-4971849841917572962015-02-10T17:58:48.260+01:002015-02-10T17:58:48.260+01:00@Silvio: In terms of features, LibreOffice checks ...@Silvio: In terms of features, LibreOffice checks all the same boxes that OpenOffice does. Additionally, it also has lots of features that were improved/added since the split of the two projects.<br /><br />OpenOffice's development is far slower than LibreOffice's (comparing code changes in the development version per day, OpenOffice typically has 2-3 [1], while LibreOffice has around 50 Giblartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-66099711661972092662015-02-10T14:28:21.062+01:002015-02-10T14:28:21.062+01:00Hello,
Thanks a lot for your interesting post.
I...Hello,<br /><br />Thanks a lot for your interesting post.<br /><br />IMHO, what would be *really* useful, might be a comparison between LibreOffice and OpenOffice...<br /><br />It is pretty straightforward to compare LibreOffice with Microsoft Office.<br />On the contrary, it is MUCH more difficult to choose between LibreOffice and OpenOffice...<br /><br />Many friends of mine always ask me Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976251461738862050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-2978069578837438722015-02-10T14:26:46.579+01:002015-02-10T14:26:46.579+01:00Hello,
Thanks a lot for your interesting post.
I...Hello,<br /><br />Thanks a lot for your interesting post.<br /><br />IMHO, what would be *really* useful, might be a comparison between LibreOffice and OpenOffice...<br /><br />It is pretty straightforward to compare LibreOffice with Microsoft Office.<br />On the contrary, it is MUCH more difficult to choose between LibreOffice and OpenOffice...<br /><br />Many friends of mine always ask me Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976251461738862050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-65573442689117416762015-02-10T10:26:41.104+01:002015-02-10T10:26:41.104+01:00Nice post!
I'll keep it as reference when some...Nice post!<br />I'll keep it as reference when someone asks me what's special about LibreOffice and open source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com