I find Softmaker FreeOffice easier to use, especially if you want a similar UI to MS office, german company but not opensource. Now, I only use it occasionally, I don’t know which one is better for heavy users, they have a paid version too.
For some reason I don’t fully understand, LibreOffice hides the option to switch the UI in View>User Interface. The option Tabbed seems to resemble MS ribbon-like style.
They should possibly consider to make that a default question on first start-up, like: ‘What interface layout feels familiar?’
Ah, great, I was not aware of that. I typically stick to the defaults, but this may help to convince others.
My impression is that LO criticism is unexpectedly harsh. After all, it’s a free and powerful alternative to MO and you are in no way forced to use it.
It’s less polished, obviously, but great for a wide range of use cases. Power users relying on specific features: different story.
I find Softmaker FreeOffice easier to use, especially if you want a similar UI to MS office, german company but not opensource. Now, I only use it occasionally, I don’t know which one is better for heavy users, they have a paid version too.
For some reason I don’t fully understand, LibreOffice hides the option to switch the UI in
View > User Interface. The optionTabbedseems to resemble MS ribbon-like style.They should possibly consider to make that a default question on first start-up, like: ‘What interface layout feels familiar?’
They do that
Ah, great, I was not aware of that. I typically stick to the defaults, but this may help to convince others.
My impression is that LO criticism is unexpectedly harsh. After all, it’s a free and powerful alternative to MO and you are in no way forced to use it.
It’s less polished, obviously, but great for a wide range of use cases. Power users relying on specific features: different story.