Office Suite of the Year
 

Which Office suite do you prefer?

--jeremy

NOTE: I'd be open to discussion on whether online Office Suite's such as Zoho should be included this year.

--jeremy

OpenOffice has my vote.

Kind regards,

Eric

open office has really everything i need.

Open office was my choice even when I used windows, despite getting M$ Office for free via my wife's employer. It's never even been taken out of the shipping package it came in...Visit my EBAY store later, I have for auction ONE NIB ....... :D

With my 128MB of RAM, GNOME Office always save my day, and the compatibility is not a problem.

I vote for OpenOffice because it is better than others, but I have to place this remark that only Writer is really good, not just better than others. Calc lacks some functions and has a dramatic nonintuitive user interface. impress doesn't Impress me either. There is still some work to do.

This week something funny happened though. A few colleagues at my office bought a netbook or a laptop with Windows and they had that wonderful 60-days evaluation version of MSOffice installed. All those pop-ups drove them insane and they preferred not to buy that office suite for more money than their laptop had costed. They had installed OO, and they love it.

jlinkels

I don't do a lot with Calc, but I do create weekly invoices with it, and I've never NOT gotten paid, regardless of submission cut off or version of office (or office suite for that matter) some company I'm doing work for might have. I can't say the same for a lot of people I've worked with who either didn't know about OOo or didn't know in time. It's iteroperability makes up for a lot IMO.

Afterall, the job isn't done until the paperwork is finished...

Should I stay away from this? I have only used Open Office even with windows? Am I eligible to vote? Oh forget it. Will vote for open office.

dear sir,

in our office we have been using ms office 2007, i want to complete replaced. unfortunately, all the new ext like .docx,.xlxs file type support by sun star office paid version. is there any where we can create office 2007 document and no costs as open source community.

also the behavior of calc in openoffice not similar to ms-excel 2007, like auto generation numbers series does work. when you say abcxyz-00,abcxyz-01 and drag to abcxyz-99. in excel 2007 it work and in calc it does not.

i vote which is highest performance, stable never crashed and recoverable data(even if power goes save in temp/archive folders). so bottom line COMPLETE 100% replacement of ms-office 2007

waiting your feedback.
salim

I'm primarily engaged in sysadmin related tasks so don't do a lot of office suite stuff but when I do interoperability with the evil MS Office is a MUST so OpenOffice.org gets the call.

Openoffice is big but it does a good job. I get annoyed with it when I am setting up an older, less-powerful computer : that's when I go to Abiword.

I voted OO.o because despite using it for years, 2009 was the year it finally worked well.

OO.org, but koffice is massively closing... if they keep up the good work, my vote may be changing for next year =D

I use Abiword a lot and appreciate Gnumeric, but I have never actually actually seen the point in perceiving them as an office suite.
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really hate the Koffice2 interface.
So my Koffice vote is transferred to OOo this time.

After switching to KDE recently, I am getting used to Koffice. It is nice, well integrated but it's perhaps weak in text fiilters/wrappers department. Am I missing something?
I don't need office suites extensively though.

I've stopped using OpenOffice Writer for the most part -- LaTeX all the way!

Still looking for a robust SpreadSheet application for mathematical/statistical work.

openoffice.org it's the most compatible to M$ office.

openoffice

I can not vote in this poll because AGAIN the my preferred office suite is not listed. I would vote for SoftMaker Office because it is better than OpenOffice, but unfortunately AGAIN it is not listed. SoftMaker has making more improvements last year to be almost a direct alternative to Microsoft Office while OpenOffice has not. OpenOffice developers goal of being an Microsoft Office alternative is back firing in their face because of the developers being selfish. The following if you lost the URL that I posted last year.

SoftMaker Office

I usually use Google Docs. But OOo is my back up for when the internet connection dies.

TG

I chose KOffice 1.6 or whatever the number is because it allows me to easily edit PDF files that people send me and what not.

While I vote for OpenOffice, I really dislike certain parts of it (Impress is not impressive. Calc has a few hiccups, but it's passable. Write isn't bad at all, but I really rely on a comment function in Word that works a particular way, and in Write, it doesn't work the same way. Feels bad, man)

I agree with you on KOffice, I'm waiting for it to be fully functional. I may switch from OO.org to Koffice.

Jermey:
Does Go-OO count as OpenOffice.org?

Go-oo has been added.

--jeremy

OOo has always been my most used application. It's saved me at work from having to find a copy of some ms office package. I just wish that sun would make something to compete with outlook for exchange connectivity.

Missing SoftMaker Office
 

I am in complete agreement that excluding SoftMaker Office makes this particular poll of little value.

<sigh>

SoftMaker Office has been added.

--jeremy

SoftMaker
 

Fantastic. How can I go back and change my vote? I didn't think that it would actually be included so I went with my second choice of OpenOffice.

It's a given that M$ Office is the key in the real world. If you can't at least talk to it (and M$ Office will integrate with Grandma's sink if you ask it to) then you are a no show in real "office" terms. It aint the best, but OO.o is the smoothest ride as a real work place alternative. I like where Koffice is heading..but again OO.o gets me this year.

You might take a look at Softmaker Office. I think it will do all you are asking and can create ms-office 2007 documents. Unfortunately, I don't think it is free, but the cost is a fraction, around 65 Euros, of ms-office.

Office Suite
 

I'd say online office suites should not count. They can be used on any OS with an internet connection, and do not have anything whatsoever to do with Linux.

I voted OpenOffice, I like it best. I even use it with my Windows computer now.

OpenOffice. Although I use Star Office on the eeePC, it's OpenOffice I feel more comfortable with, although there's little, if any, actual difference in functionality for my purposes.

only openoffice.org for my homeworks.

Apparently OpenOffice 3.2 will have the ability to create and save ms-office 2007 documents.
OpenOffice 3.2 Release Candidate 3 was posted a few days ago so a stable version of 3.2 shouldn't be too far away.

Didn't vote on this one.
 

My choice is not listed. Ever heard of Evermore Integrated Office? Comes in both Win and Linux included in the price. No, it's not free and it is proprietary. Very inexpensive in fact. So, it's already ported and has noooo learning curve from MS to EIO. Talk about catching flies with honey!! It can wean even Windozers.

It does spread, word and presentastion in one binder under one file format. Copy-paste data from word to spread in one go and it follows changes! Successfully converts files to and from .doc, .xls and the .eio range of extensions.

OO.o is my favorite.

OO
 

The latest version of OpenOffice (3.1.1) can save in the MS 2007 docx formats. All you need is the latest version.

Guys, do yourself the favour.
 

I do not have any commercial link to Evermore and I do not sell this application. I bought my Home edition in 2007 for about US$100 in South Africa. I have not since paid any licence fees of any kind. I mention the prices only since it is relevant in decision-making. Home now costs US$14.95. Professional US$49.95.

You want professional? Dig this!! You want stable? You want no learning curve? You want all the goodies you had in MS Office? Get the site! http://www.evermoresw.com. The small differences like Alt-w-r-v as against Alt w-a-v to arrange Windows vertically in the app are really nothing to write home about. You can actually see your Spread, Word and Presentation in the same window together or singly. There is no need to open docs separately and do big transfers. You just click on a special toolbar with three icons.

It simply does not scrunch files in conversion. Make two folders; MSOffice and Evermore. Put the file you want to convert into the correct folder. MS to MS, EIO to EIO and convert to the other format. Click on the Convert icon on your Desktop and select the correct folders for origin and destination. Go. Once done, clear the original file from it's folder or it will get converted again. This is the only caveat I've picked up so far. You can e-mail the resultant .docs, .xls files and no one will know any better. Oh yes! Click on the return .xls, .whatever file and it opens as EIO. Edit, convert and post again.

You also have a Navigation pane that remembers your last work and you can click directly on the document you want to edit now. You also have a Macro, Science and Math editor. You can edit and extend the last two with your own images and stuff. Macro Ed goes without saying.

CutePDFWriter prints pdf - even just - pages like a printer from the dialog and FoxitReader opens the pages. Foxit's smaller and faster than Adobe.

Oh yes,you can down load a free 30-day trial.

It's written in Java and the site has support forums.

You want to be productive? Do yourself the favour.

Try MS office 2010..

I found that equation editing is quite easier in MSoffice than in openoffice

Come On, Jeremy! Add Evermore the way you did Softmaker. It's not an OOO clone. Download it and judge for yourself. Never heard of Softmaker, but I'm getting it!

Thanks for the idea. Feel better already. Softmaker is US$65 more expensive than Evermore and there is no 30-day free trial download, not even 15. And I thought I was out of line to ever suggest a non-free, proprietary suite. Come on, Jeremy, give it a fair shake.

EIOffice has been added.

--jeremy

Certainly reads like a polished, professional advertisement.
:)
Is Evermore from mainland China or Taiwan?

Softmaker DOES HAVE A 30 Free trial. I downloaded and tried it myself. And, BTW, I have nothing to do with Softmaker, and, in fact, after using it for a few days, I found I prefer the Go-OO version of OpenOffice.
To make such a patently false statement about a competing "non-free, properietary suite," would suggest, regardless of your claims to the contrary, you are associated with Evermore.

As in the Game category, I would encourage that this category be amended to "Open Source Office Suite of the Year".

Ya think??? Jeeze, these marketroids are getting worse that ever...>:-P

I love OpenOffice.org because of it's consistency and stability... specifically to be both open and compatible with most ms docs ppl keep giving me

Thank you.
 

Thank you kindly, Jeremy.

cwizardone,
That is exactly the reason I specifically stated here and elsewhere that I do not benefit from any contact with that application save for it's use. However; with so much nudging I just had to motivate properly why I said what I said.

Jeremy took the time to download and assess it at least. You know, one thing that baffles me about this fantastically free Linux world of ours is; why is it so damn difficult? We'd better get rid of our cynicism and one-upmanship, otherwise Billy's gonna keep on laughing himself silly.

But yes, I agree with pixellany and Tinkster that it's best to teach a man to catch fish. However, things like fdisk, dd and all the rest of it is like catching fish in your garden pond after weaving the net for the day. It's Linux, no matter the distro. Why does one have to go on a three day safari to find the simple stuff?

And I'm case in point. Just day before yesterday I wrote a post on reformatting a drive that was garbled because of a Fedora 12 upgrade (not recommended by Fedora). Just after that I fell on my face while I started digging to solve my own problem. Just like that the Demoimedo site on Gparted popped up. I saw that what I said on the subject was simply way off base.

And yes, I have several Linux and Bash scripting guides. However; right now I earn a crust by being a Handyman (no, not a jack of all trades). I need my computer as a tool to quote, 'tis how I bought it in the first place. I need to be fast, accurate and professional. Only way to survive.

To come full circle, that is why I recommend certain apps. They save time, they engender ability. There are more than just myself who find themselves in just this situation. Lone ranger and company jock alike. There aint no time to stuff mushrooms.


Ever dropped to the idea that patents on intellectual property (software) are the thin edge of the wedge in the door of man's intellectual captivity? Every Linux newbie lost, is a step closer there. Look closely and you'll see that our cities and tools are all formalizations of all the ideas of generations past. The software will go where the hardware has already gone.

Atlas Shrugged -Ayn Rand.
Future Shock -Alvyn Toffler.

Thanks, got that off my chest as well.