LibreOffice VS Microsoft Office

Jonilda Bahja

Tirane ,2014Tirane ,2014

Introduction

● LibreOffice is community-driven and developed software, and is a project of the not-for-profit organization, The Document Foundation.

● It is one of the friendliest and fastest growing projects in the free and open source software world.

● LibreOffice is developed by users who believe in the principles of Free Software and in sharing their work with the world in non-restrictive ways.

● It can be downloaded for free at www.libreoffice.org

Icons

Main Interface

Writer Document

Calc Spreadsheet

Impress presentation

Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 40

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Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Base Database

Draw Drawing

LibreOffice VS MS Office-Document Foundation product , announced 1st in 2010

-Linux , Windows , OS X

-Free

- Open Source

-No Outlook

-Portable version that runs on USB without no installation

-110 languages

-Classic User Interface

-Latest (LibreOffice 4.2)

- Online/Cloud version in development

-Full integration of all office components

-Microsoft product , announced 1st in 1988

-Windows , iOS , Mac OS ,OS X

-Not Free (with license )

-Closed Source,proprietary

-Outlook

-Does Not have

-96 languages

-Ribbon User Interface

-Latest (MS Office 2013)

-Online/Cloud version with reduced functionality

-Not supported

Conclusions● Free license and free cost● Greater stability● Better navigation● 6 months release cycle● Greater design control● Common code and interfaces

But at the end , choice is ours which one to useBut at the end , choice is ours which one to use

Thank you for your attention !

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