Comments on: 9 Of The Best Free & Low-Cost Alternatives To Microsoft Office http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sun, 19 May 2013 08:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: dragonmouth http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1235472 dragonmouth Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:01:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1235472 Sam,
Do you have Libre Office configured properly? It is also possible that the developers of Mint have “individualized” Libre Office. They have a habit of doing that to programs just to put a Mint branding on them.

]]> By: Daniel Horne http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1235191 Daniel Horne Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:42:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1235191 I have been using MS Office since Office (AKA Office 92) and currently use Office 2010. It is hard to break old habits and I feel at home with Office but this article shows me there are alternatives out there with good compatibility.

]]> By: Tony M. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1235117 Tony M. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1235117 One of my reasons for preferring the alternatives to Microsoft Office: New releases of the Office alternatives are less likely to include revolutionary — meaning drastic — changes in their interfaces. Microsoft has a tendency to get too “gimmicky” to suit me. I’m certainly not opposed to introducing improvements. However, Microsoft, in their quest to stir interest, has shown a preference for revolutionary interface changes vice gentle, evolutionary enhancements. The result: With new releases of many Microsoft products, experienced users instantly become novices yet again. Whatever productivity gains you might eventually realize are likely to be dwarfed by the frustration you’ll feel and sharp learning curve users are forced to cope with. In other words, if you subtract the time consumed by adjusting to the new interface from the amount of time you might save by using Office’s productivity enhancements, chances are your answer will be a negative value. Just my opinion.

]]> By: A http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1234839 A Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:13:13 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1234839 Beautiful. And arrogant as well.

But you can work in these free softwares and save the files in *.doc and *.xls.

]]> By: Michael McCrae http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1234642 Michael McCrae Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:00:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1234642 I just stumbled upon this and realize I’m late to the party, but if you’re looking to round out your list to 10 alternatives, you might consider Ashamboo Office 2012. It’s just the big three, but only $60.00. I’ll be honest, I haven’t extensively used their office suite, but I do like the Ashampoo products I’ve had experience with.

Thanks for the article! It has introduced me to some new products.

]]> By: Maria http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1233985 Maria Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:35:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1233985 Do not get me started on professors and universities! I am a part of the academia, and not the IT kind. Worst dinosaurs ever. You cannot teach old dog a trick, doesn’t it go like that? The dogs in the academia are mostly blind, death and aggressive!

]]> By: Lana Bange http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1231756 Lana Bange Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:42:16 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1231756 Do any of those alternatives have grammar and style proofing tools like MSWord has?

]]> By: rafay http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1228440 rafay Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:56:29 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1228440 Aaron
Great job mate. Almost got tired this article is very comprehensive. A user while going all this will get confuse. So what ever you learn from this article can you make a grid or comparison chart ??? if you are looking for this feature ..go for this product… for example i am in a school and want to install office product …looking for easy interface, ease of use and opening and saving Microsoft office documents … which one do u recommend ????

]]> By: Aaron Couch http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1228362 Aaron Couch Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:15:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1228362 Cost aside, yeah I would say it’s better. Some free alternatives are closer than others and what makes them better is the fact that they’re free, but if MS Office was free too it would likely be the most popular office suite still.

That said, it’s not and there are awesome alternatives!

]]> By: hawk http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1228052 hawk Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:53:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1228052 Hi Aaron,
Thanks for all the good tips.. but, I hate MS office ribbon tops,,to hard to find what u need and they don’t care. I am switching to Libre and so far all the free office suites are compatible with MS office except for their data bases, if they have one. My question is, can you open Base in MS Access? also, is there a database out there that can be opened in Access? Another question, I just need a simple data base for my students info. MS Word had a simple one, but I couldn’t find a way to search it when I opened it in Libre Writer. It transferred but I couldn’t find a search window to edit and add info. Is there a small database in any of the free office suites thats transfers to Access?
Thanks
Hawk

]]> By: Rita http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1227952 Rita Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:44:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1227952 Lotus Symphony is a tad worse than Libre Office, and suffers from the same problems. I downloaded it two or three weeks ago, and was familiar with the ‘old’ style, which the new one preserves. But it like Libre, enforces the stupid dysfunctional need to use a mouse when you hit the F5 ‘goto’ key, and it can’t read Lotus wk1 spreadsheets, which are still a mainstay in business and government operations.

But SmartSuite CAN read them, and still preserves the F5 +type named range/cellname facility. See my first comment here above.

http://www.haineonlinetari.com/

]]> By: AK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1227692 AK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:51:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1227692 hahahaha

]]> By: AK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1227691 AK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:49:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1227691 SUPER LIKE

]]> By: AK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1227690 AK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:47:12 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1227690 Yeah absolutely correct……U cant just rely on One choice……
U mentioned abt 4 browsers

I generally LOVE to use Chrome (its the best) but it gives lots ofproblems ………….smtimes It stucks in the middle of session……

I now keep alternatives like firefox (but one cant print PDF from it)

and sometimes i land up @some of govt. sites which says Internet Explorer ONLY…..lol…..

so i have to use atleast 3 browsers :) :P

]]> By: AK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-of-the-best-free-and-low-cost-alternatives-to-microsoft-office/#comment-1227688 AK Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:41:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=115837#comment-1227688 EXACTLY…….

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