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TextMaker
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Advertising
Sends advertising email, not too frequent luckily, for the free version you have to sign up.
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Multi-platform
Works on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
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Need to register before you are able to use it
Needs personal information on your registration before use.
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Compatible with Word
DOCX is the default file format of TextMaker since Version 2018.
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Formating in document requires a learning curve
When copying screenshots from the browser or other programs, then pasting into a document, the margins are difficult to maintain. And in some cases, the post is cropped off the end. Otherwise, quite a good substitute.
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Built-in spell checker
Finds spelling mistakes in more than 75 languages.
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Portable
Runs from a USB Stick.
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Integrated thesaurus
For ten languages.
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Windows, Linux, Android, Mac
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LibreOffice
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Comprehensive suite of applications
LibreOffice includes applications for word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and database management.
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Not fully compatible to MSOffice
It's not fully compatible with MSOffice and often breaks documents.
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Free and open source
LibreOffice is available for free with code available here. It's licensed under LGPL v3 with new contributions dual-licensed under MPL.
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LibreOffice Base requires Java
If you need to use Base, it requires Java.
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Cross-platform
All major operating systems are supported, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux (Arch, Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu, Suse).
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Needs a lot of system resources
It's a large office package that needs a lot of drive space and system memory.
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Multilingual
It is available in more than 110 languages.
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Documentation is out of date
Good luck turning off autocorrect, because the place where the documentation says that option is doesn't exist.
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High compatibility with MS Office
Possible to use in corporations.
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No good video editing for presentations
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Font embedding support
Font embedding ensures that the document will display correctly whether or not the target machine has that specific font installed.
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Track Changes needs to be improved
Collaborating on a single document is difficult. Track Changes makes the document hard to read as both edited and deleted text is displayed, it's not possible to print comments, tracked differences between document versions are sub-optimal and there's no system for accepting/rejecting changes.
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Portable version
LibreOffice offers a version of the suite that does not require installation. It can be kept on a thumb stick to ensure that you have an office suite on whichever machine you choose to use.
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Poor stability
Consistently crashes while editing. Absolutely unreliable.
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The de-facto standard
Being able to tell new people that the FOSS community has an actual default office suite matters. It shows that, despite the bewildering number of options, there can be a clear winner.
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Poor desktop integration
Since it is written in Java it does not integrate nicely with the operation systems theme, icons or dialogs.
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LibreOffice can take from OpenOffice, but not the other way around
Due to licensing each office suite uses, only a one-way transfer of code is possible, offering more long-term potential for LibreOffice over OpenOffice.
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Ugly interface
Ungly interface compared to others office solutions, like WPS office.
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The most user-friendly option
To attract new people to FOSS, having an office suite that is as user-friendly as LibreOffice is a must.
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Won't work with themes
It does not work with custom themes due to all the different wrappers involved.
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Encryption support
LibreOffice allows encrypting and password-locking files.
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Ribbon is experimental
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Presentations can have 3D models embeded within them
Impress supports 3D models in gITF format.
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No Quickstart
Quickstart was removed from the Linux application. Now every time you open a file it will take at least 2,5 seconds to open.
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Lots of extensions and dictionaries
Has many extensions that can add additional features to LibreOffice.
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Does not run as stable as OnlyOffice
It runs fine until it crashes. Users have experienced multiple crashes when using the cursor to select text in the writer, running in Kubuntu 18.04.
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Ribbon design
Since 5.3, LibreOffice offers a Ribbon design view (similar to Microsoft Office) (check here).
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Restricted license
LibreOffice uses a more restrictive license than OpenOffice, which makes it almost impossible to backport features to OpenOffice.
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Multiple themes
Many icon themes available to customise the look and get consistent look with the OS.
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Not a very well non-English languages spell check support
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Continued development and maintenance
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No ability to access online brokerage accounts for trading
No ability to access trading and brokerage accounts via Calc to conduct automatic buying/selling like you can in MS Excel.
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Good Zotero integration
LibreOffice works very well with Zotero. The integration of the Zotero plugin in LibreOffice is a breeze, citing while writing and generating the bibliography is just a click. Also good since you need to coop in an (MS) world: Libreoffice and Zotero cooperate very well to make sure your refs survive a "Save as" from one file format to another (e.g. docx to odt or the other way around). Basic (open and free!) tools is your in the market for this...
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Many user annoyances and malfunctions which lead to loss of work and time, often not intuitive
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Master slide management in Impress not up to mark
As of version 6, the master slide management is not as good as PowerPoint in Windows.
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Steady update
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD
License:
MPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, or LGPL-3.0
Technology:
C++, Java
Database management:
Yes
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ONLYOFFICE
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Web app
It is a text editor that is running in a browser window, how can you trust this? Not to mention that it needs a lot more system resources than native apps.
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Available for Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, and Android
ONLYOFFICE offers desktop applications for Linux, Windows, and MacOS that can be connected to the web-based solution for document sharing and collaboration.
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High MS Office compatibility
Highly compatible with .docx, .xlsx, .pptx as well as with .odf.
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Collaboration capabilities
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Can be used as a web app
ONLYOFFICE offers a web-based office suite that can be deployed on your own server using various deployment options, including Docker script and virtual machines with the software pre-installed.
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Has a portable version
ONLYOFFICE portable works on almost every Linux distribution.
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Advanced work with math equations
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Integration with Nextcloud
Easy integration with Nextcloud for collaborative work.
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Free and open source
ONLYOFFICE is distributed under AGPL v.3 license with the source code available on GitHub.
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Support for add-ons (plugins)
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Platforms:
Web-based (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android-clients)
Versioning:
Yes
Project management:
Yes
Word processing:
Yes
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WPS Office
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Chinese software
Might be a security problem for some end-users.
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Excellent Microsoft Office compatibility
WPS has the best compatibility with MS Office files of all major office suites that support Linux.
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Proprietary software
Although some versions/programs are free to download, they're all proprietary licenses utilizing a freeware model.
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Ribbon-like UI
WPS is the only Linux office suit to offer a Ribbon-like UI for better ease of use. Although, if you wish to keep using a classic drop-down menu style UI, you can.
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No HiDPI support
Problematic with 4K screens.
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Free version
WPS comes in three flavors: Free, Standard ($49.95) and Professional ($69.95).
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No equation editor in Linux
Equation editor for Linux has been "under development" for several years with no real additional info from the developers. Safe to say it's just not going to happen. No equation editor is a deal breaker for some, which is a shame. Otherwise this office suite performs very well.
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Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Available on Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.
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Lacks ODF support
WPS Office does not support importing or exporting OpenDocument Format, the default file format of LibreOffice and OpenOffice.
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Pdf viewer
Has support to view pdf files.
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Installing can be a hassle
A .deb file is offered, but missing fonts can be a problem.
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Multilingual
WPS Office is available in more than 40 languages.
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No hyphenaton, no help or real forum
Lack of hyphenation in Writer is a terrible mistake. Reading the few forums about it will let you know that it breaks the words without rules and without hyphens in any language. The question was stated in 2013 and still doesn't have an answer. Their help system practically doesn't exist, everything leads you to a 404 page. Maybe this issue could be easily resolved by developers with a plugin or something like that, but the Linux community doesn't show interest for the product.
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Tabbed interface
Instead of open up a new instance of the program for each document, WPS opens each document as a separate tab, allowing for easy switching between them.
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Ads
There are in-app ads.
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Smooth integration with many different cloud services at the same time
WPS integrates with multiple cloud service's at once such as Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive and more.
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Default font styles are not pretty
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Integrated backups
WPS will automatically save your document over time to prevent data loss.
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Only the basic office tools
WPS has software for word-processing, spreadsheets and presentations. No tools for database management, note-taking, graphics, etc.
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Encryption support
WPS allows you to encrypt and password-lock files.
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Very slow to load
I looks like there is a splash screen, but it doesn't appear until just before the full interface loads, which can be about 20 seconds. It is often slow enough to cause the user to click again and again, resulting in the app loading multiple times in succession.
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It is not owned by Microsoft
Supporting linux & open source and leaving Microsoft because of their greed and instability with updates etc.. (personal preference)
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Some Ms Fonts are not available (ie Ariel)
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View documents side by side
You can split the window allowing to view different parts of the same document, or open two documents for comparison, also imitating Microsoft Word.
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Dumps configuration files onto the desktop that are visible to the user
Each of the apps in the suite has a .desktop configuration file that is created at first launch and remains thereafter. Removal results in re-creation.
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Clean edition when sharing your document
Text modifications can be verified at the margins, not mixed with the text, imitating Microsoft Word. On the other side, LibreOffice/OpenOffice don't have this very useful feature.
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There are better Office alternatives for Linux
In my testing of office suites for Linux, WPS Office was not as comprehensive as LibreOffice, and the resemblance to Microsoft 365 applications was better in OnlyOffice Desktop Editors. Moreover, Linux users can also access the online applications of Microsoft 365 via Google Chrome or other web browsers.
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Change pdf documents to word
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Available on snapcraft and flathub too
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Platforms:
Windows; Linux; IOS; Android
Database management:
No
Project management:
No
Word processing:
Yes
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