They also publish slightly newer releases that haven't had as much testing.Īt work, we moved to OO a while back when we upgraded the OS on several Macs and our old copies of MS Office no longer worked. I recommend downloading the newest 'Still' version of LO. If you are not cramped for storage space install both.

IMO, both OpenOffice and LibreOffice are well worth the download.

In order of preference, I prefer iWork '09 (which still works under El Cap OSX) because it has a lot more functionality than the newer version(though I use the newer version for document exchange between MBA/iMac/iPadPro), followed by LibreOffice (for the increased functionality over iWork without significantly more complex UI), and lastly MS Office. In order to use any of them effectively, you need to invest the time in learning how the flow goes and adjust accordingly. It is even worse with Pages.Įach of these productivity suites have their own 'workflow paradigm'. LibreOffice does a fine job with most MS Office documents, but if there is any funky formatting, LibreOffice will clobber it. If you need to exchange MS Office documents with others, then the only choice is MS Office. I've added an MS Office 2013 theme to LibreOffice so that it looks familiar.Īs to which one(s) will be the best for you really depends upon what you'll be doing. I use iWork, MS Office, and LibreOffice depending upon the task. Since LibreOffice is free, I recommend downloading it and trying it out to see how well it will work for you. Click to expand.As others have said, LibreOffice is the more 'actively supported' version of Open Office.

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