Office for Linux

missmonky · 19 Jul 2012 at 20:05

Hey everybody!
I have to work a lot with office because of my job, I use openoffice at the moment but I don't like it. I think most of the things are too complicated. Plus when I save the document as .doc or .docx and I open it on a pc the format is different. Is there another open source office?
Thanks!

Bigsy · 19 Jul 2012 at 21:49

Not really. Only options are probably to use office itself in WINE/crossover/playonlinux or run it inside a windows vm.

oldbag · 19 Jul 2012 at 21:51

Libre office isnt bad. Handles docx and the like.

Woden · 19 Jul 2012 at 21:54

Theres also google docs.

jack.mitchell · 20 Jul 2012 at 13:13

Also KOffice is in the middle of a big re-haul.

PermaBanned · 20 Jul 2012 at 13:27

I use LibreOffice when i might need compatibility with Windows, Gnumeric and AbiWord otherwise.

lurkio · 20 Jul 2012 at 14:39

+1 for libreoffice

masterluke · 20 Jul 2012 at 14:56

If you want perfect page reproduction you are stuck with using Microsoft Office. I know office 2007 runs very well using crossover and so that is the best way. No other software will be able to give you perfect page reproduction - hell Microsoft struggles to get perfect page reproduction between versions of office - something as simple as changing the printer driver can change page layouts.

SMN · 20 Jul 2012 at 17:00

I hate libreoffice so much i have a virtualbox Windows XP VM just for outlook/word/excel

Activeellis · 22 Jul 2012 at 16:16

Libreoffice is great, but I think you should give google docs a go. It's pretty awesome.

missmonky · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:45

Thanks everybody!
i am going to try it with a virtualbox of Office. I hope it will work

Harvey616 · 6 Aug 2012 at 00:24

+1 for Libreoffice I prefer it to windows office and even use it on my windows pc.

purple_alert · 6 Aug 2012 at 09:09

Having tried both openoffice/libreoffice over the last few years I can tell you that sharing documents with people running Microsoft Office is a real pain. Formatting will go crazy occasionally, and embedded graphics can be ruined entirely.

Much as I hate to say it, I'd recommend running Windows&Office in a VM and sharing your documents folder between the two. I've had problems with stability and performance in Virtualbox, but I can thoroughly recommend VMWare Player.

101001101 · 17 Aug 2012 at 20:38

Harvey616 said:
+1 for Libreoffice I prefer it to windows office and even use it on my windows pc.

+2 or you could be moneybags and buy XenApp and use the Linux client (so you can use Office in Linux) but to be honest its buggy right now but usable.

aln · 21 Aug 2012 at 12:13

Depends what extention you're using.

If you're able to use .odf, or another open standard, everything should work grand. If you're stuck using any of the Microsoft "standards", you might struggle with anything besides office itself.