Writer: is the word processor, powerful enough to get the work done. There is online help for each applications, mailing list, Wiki community driven in the works, and even you can use the IRC channels to get help.

LibreOffice has a Get Help page, there you’ll find documentation on how to get started and how to install the software - It’s worth noting that there is a portable version of LibreOffice as well –. Support #Īlso there is free support, not exactly the same dedicated support you’ll get when you purchase Microsoft Office, but it’s a good support. If you had the skills, you could modify and customize it to suit all of your needs. The key feature of this suite is that it’s absolutely free, you don’t have to pay for a standalone product key, you don’t have to pay a yearly subscription, you get free updates and it upgrades as they come available, and you can install LibreOffice on as many computers as you want, because you aren’t limited to only five devices or one PC if you buy Office 2013.įurthermore, it offers support for many languages and more are added constantly! LibreOffice is based on LGPL public license, meaning that you can do anything you want with it. This way, you don’t have to worry when a friend or co-worker sends you a new file to work with or if you need to display a presentation using a PowerPoint document. You pretty much can figure out that LibreOffice Writer is the equivalent to Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Calc is the equivalent to Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice Impress is the equivalent to PowerPoint, and so on… Microsoft Office support #Īnother great feature is that it has support for Office documents file formats (*.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.xlsx and many others). With LibreOffice you get: Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Math and Draw. LibreOffice is a great free alternative to Office 2013, is fast and well-documented open source project based on the good old OpenOffice. Now, if you’re not in favor of paying a yearly subscription ($99) or you simply feel that $219.99 is a steep price for the standalone version of Office Home & Business 2013, you still have a choice.

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