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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

both small business owners and students can use this program without paying a fee to the software developer. you can write and prepare documents or even do your homework. instead of paying a lot to the other programs you can use and benefit from this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

so far nothing to dislike about this program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

presentations, preparing contracts and closing deals. which means making money to live Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache OpenOffice Writer Overview

What is Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Writer has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor. It is simple enough for a quick memo, yet powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your ideas while Writer makes them look great.

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Writer has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor. It is simple enough for a quick memo, yet powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your ideas while Writer makes them look great.


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4.0 out of 5
"Friendly and economical document writer"
The capability to open all the common document types and enable to save it in all the common formats. It is free and easy to use.
Hugo R.
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4.5 out of 5
"Apache OpenOffice Writer is a free, complete text editor included in the Apache OpenOffice suite."
Writer allows you to carry out mathematical calculations in tables, although more limited to the possibilities offered by a spreadsheet. Excellent...
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4.0 out of 5
"Top competition for ms word"
It has all the features that are in Ms word and is also compatible with it while it's free for everyone.
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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Writer allows you to carry out mathematical calculations in tables, although more limited to the possibilities offered by a spreadsheet.

Excellent grammar checker.

Compatibility with a large number of documents and files.

With Writer you can open files created with Word, both Doc and Docx, and save documents in these two formats (changing the default option).

Creation of Xforms documents.

Free to use and free with an important community of support and support.

Export in the PDF file format in a very simple and fast way through a button placed in the horizontal menu.

Formula editor with which we can create some functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

It takes up more RAM than other word processors, although in recent versions its developers have managed to reduce this trend.

Tendency towards application crashes when the program is not closed correctly and the computer is turned off or restarted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Basically it is a free application with all the advantages that this entails and it has nothing to envy, in terms of functionalities, to the most famous paid applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Open Office gives us full automation across the board, sort of like Microsoft Office with many more features, especially within the Writer (word processor program). Don't need to run a bunch of programs (for example, if I wish to process a PDF file, I can open and edit it, then save it all within Apache OpenOffice Writer without needing any additional software). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Not a thing at all. I am very surprised for “freeware" we can do more than Microsoft/Adobe and other programs combined. Full 100% intergration of all needed office software that we can install on all of our computers in the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saving us many thousands of dollars in annual license fees to their compedator (Microsoft Office 365) given we have it installed in all of our computers and it does not cost us a thing other than the time for IT to install it properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

It has all the features that are in Ms word and is also compatible with it while it's free for everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Its UI is bit confusing when compared to Ms word and also it doesn't have options to collaborate like Google docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Free to use either for personal or commercial usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

The capability to open all the common document types and enable to save it in all the common formats. It is free and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Some of the features which are available in word in terms of formatting capabilities are missing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in creation of the documents without paying big price to the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Its absolutely free and works well on vmware instance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

nothing to dislike as I have never had any issues using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

helping to use office for free on my vmware without being worried of subscriptions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

There is a lot of similar functionality between Microsoft Word and Apache OpenOffice Writer. It is easy to learn the latter if you have any experience with the former. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Design of the page is important to me, and I often find that OO will display the text with improper kerning and leading. It will show some lines as being slightly too high/low, or letters too close/too far away from each other. Zooming out and in shifts the whole thing, so I can tell that it's not actually going to show that way when I export or print the file, but I wish I didn't see it while I was writing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm a recent graduate that doesn't want to pay for the Microsoft suite, especially now that things like Google Docs have made it mostly redundant. For the things that Docs can't do, OO is a great free alternative and I couldn't ask for much more from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Several things to like about OpenOffice but here are some of them:

- Is free and easy to use

- Supports all the documents created by MS Word

- Has all the features that you will ever need while working on the documents

- Comes packed with several tools that included Text Editor, Spreadsheets Editor, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

The spreadsheet editor has an initial popup which is a bit hard to understand. It basically asks for delimeters and all but it becomes a little hard to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

With OpenOffice, I am able to work on the documents that were created through MS Word or Google Docs/Sheets. It also comes with all the tools that I need to get my work done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Similar functionality to MS Word

Can save in .DOC and .DOCX formats as well as new open format (which isn't widely used)

Open source and free

Windows, Mac and Linux support

Simpler UI without daft ribbon icons that Microsoft uses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

documents with tables can get formatted strangely

Libre Office which is a fork of Open Office seems to be better supported now.

Can be slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Credible alternative to MS Word and free too

Easy to save from Open Office Calc as Excel as CSV files also with padding with apostrophes which Excel doesn't easily support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

That the programs are free, open-source, and has a lot of help on forums and in the help tab when dealing with an issue or when trying to figure out features that you may not use as often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

The ease of use seems to be a bit more difficult, the visual layout of the program is definitely not as pleasing on the eyes, very simple but is to be expected with a free open source program. Could have better formatting translation when converting documents from Microsoft Office and Open Office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Writer:

I do not have a recommendation at this time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Cost of Microsoft Office is significant to the individual person, but using Open Office solves the biggest issue... Money spent on the programs is nothing. Perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faisal U.
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What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Open Office is used in my organization this is a good work and freeware software It's used for Letters, Resume, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Writer?

Nothing but sometimes slow work and High version Microsoft supporting the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Writer:

Yes I Recommend that the easy use open office writer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache OpenOffice Writer solving and how is that benefiting you?

First of all, the benefit is that the freeware version has no licensing issues so use every organization and I deploy in thin clients and Pcs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.