No doubt that the Microsoft Office it is the most successful office software package, this is a real fact, but it doesn’t mean that software developers feel unmotivated to continue to improve applications of this kind. As a result, there is Libre Office the perfect alternative.
Libre Office is the name of the office application suite similar to Microsoft Office. It is certainly the best alternative for Microsoft Office, available for the most popular operating systems like Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris.
WHAT WE FIND IN THE PACKAGE?
Being an office package, applications such as a word processor, the spreadsheet could not be missing. For this reason, the Writer as a word processor, the Calc is the spreadsheet or spreadsheet, for slide shows the Impress, and there are still 3 but no less important as the Base which is a database management system, the Draw is a graphic vector editor and the Math for creating mathematical formulas.
WHY OPT FOR THE FREE OFFICE
For Windows users, the main factor is perhaps the high cost of Microsoft Office license and for micro companies or Startups who wish to have properly licensed software Libre Office is a great free alternative.
In terms of disk space Libre Office is amazing for such a complete package it takes up almost nothing on disk in its latest version and for x86 architecture it occupies precisely 184 MB before installed and after the installation complete it will occupy 441 MB in the your disk already Office 2013 even comes to 2.19 GB before installed.
ATTENTION PROGRAMMERS
Fortunately for programmers the Libre Office is open source, which means that you can play with its source code, change what you didn't like and even create and launch your own version from the original, nobody will sue you for it.
All good competition is healthy and Libre Office fulfills its role in terms of quality as a direct competitor of Microsoft Office, and is free.
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