Libre Open Office vs. Apache Open office

mike2700 · 23. Mar 2016, 03:33 PM

Can anyone tell me whether the two are compatible; that is, since I have created Apache for docs, pix, etc. if I download and continue working only with Libre will I be able to open and edit all Apache files.
Thanks for your response.

Joe A.TT · 23. Mar 2016, 09:13 PM

LibreOffice is a fork of Apache Open Office, so I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to work with the files you created. What format are you saving in? Better yet, why don't you try LibreOffice and see if it does what you want? There is a portable version which you can extract and run from anywhere. If you want to get rid of the portable version, just delete its folder and it's gone. No need to uninstall.

Cthulhux · 26. Mar 2016, 07:33 PM

According to my personal experience, LibreOffice has serious issues with formatting OpenDocument files from earlier versions of itself. If you want to achieve format compatibility, I strongly advise you to use the Microsoft formats for saving.

Joe A.TT · 26. Mar 2016, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cthulhux

If you want to achieve format compatibility, I strongly advise you to use the Microsoft formats for saving.

I wouldn't use MS formats. I had to ditch LibreOffice for exactly that reason. Cells I had pre-formatted in xls/xlsx would mysteriously lose their formatting. Likewise, paragraph formatting in doc/docx was buggy.

I am back with FreeOffice now.

Cthulhux · 26. Mar 2016, 08:17 PM

FreeOffice (SoftMaker in general) does a very good job in supporting MS formats, indeed.

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23. Mar 2016, 09:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Joe A.TT Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,028	LibreOffice is a fork of Apache Open Office, so I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to work with the files you created. What format are you saving in? Better yet, why don't you try LibreOffice and see if it does what you want? There is a portable version which you can extract and run from anywhere. If you want to get rid of the portable version, just delete its folder and it's gone. No need to uninstall.