
However, LibreOffice wins in this regard as its templates are built right into the program itself and we don't have to download and install them separately. Programs and Featuresīoth programs have the same tools, basically:īoth programs offer models, a extension motor to add features and simple wizards that help us perform certain tasks. In addition, LibreOffice allows us to customize the appearance, if we want, to look like the ribbon, that of Office. OpenOffice is still Office 2003 too, while LibreOffice is much more advanced in this regard. Apache hasn't renovated its suite at all.Īnd the same is true, for example, with spreadsheets. When we open a program, such as word processor, we will find that while the two programs are still similar, in reality the interface of LibreOffice is much more modern and is much more careful than that of OpenOffice. OpenOffice still has its characteristic interface, while LibreOffice has a different one, with a side panel. So we can run whatever program we need depending on the time. When we open them, we can see a summary screen and the different programs it offers us. However, do we really know what the differences are between the two sequels? Which one can be best suited to our needs?īoth suites have their own launcher. If a long time ago it was essentially the same program, since it was basically the same code, The Document Foundation (organization in charge of its development) has worked hard to improve and differentiate it, especially internally, to the maximum Apache Suite. LibreOffice is basically a "fork" or derivative of OpenOffice, which has evolved and improved over the years. However, after Oracle acquired the sequel (with bad practices), and then handed it over to apache, a group of developers decided to create a new suite based on the original source code of it. OpenOffice was born originally as a project to provide users an alternative to MS Office.
