I'm not sure why anyone would want to use
OpenOffice these days in comparison to
LibreOffice. Since being given to the Apache Foundation, development of OpenOffice has slowed to a crawl with only 1 incremental point update - a maintenance release from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 - released in the last 2 years.
Parts of its website hasn't been updated for years:
[URL unfurl="true" said:
https://www.openoffice.org/why/why_easy.html[/URL]]For people used to other office software, Apache OpenOffice is a pleasant surprise. It's so straightforward! Studies have proved it is easier (and cheaper) to move to OpenOffice from Microsoft Office than it is to upgrade to Microsoft's Office 2007.
... and the newest 'What's New' entry in the
Documentation area of its Wiki is dated November 2013.
It was only a year ago that its Vice President was publicly commenting about how OpenOffice could be closed completely. (
What Would OpenOffice Retirement Involve? - 01 Sep 2016)
By comparison, LibreOffice features regular (often monthly) updates to the 'Fresh' (i.e. bugfix) version and regular updates (between every 4-8 months) to the 'Still' (i.e. stable) version recommended for enterprises.
Another factor is the number of supported formats. For example, just looking at
document formats (i.e, not spreadsheet, presentation or database), OpenOffice 4.1.2 supported 18 types. By comparison, LibreOffice 5.06 supported 58 types including Apple Pages, Microsoft Works, Lotus, Portable Document Format (PDF) and WordPerfect (plus ebook) documents.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2
Code:
ODF Text Document (*.odt)
ODF Text Document Template (*.ott)
OpenOffice.org XML 1.0 Text Document (*.sxw)
OpenOffice.org XML 1.0 Text Document Template (*.stw)
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP Template (*.dot)
Microsoft Word 6.0 / 95 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 95 Template (*.dot)
Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
Text (*.txt)
Text Encoded (*.txt)
HTML Document (OpenOffice Writer) (*.html;*.htm)
Microsoft WinWord 5 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 2003 XML (*.xml)
Microsoft Word 2007 XML (*.docx;*.docm)
Microsoft Word 2007 XML Template (*.dotx;*.dotm)
Uniform Office Format 2 Text (*.uot)
T602 Document (*.602;*.txt)
LibreOffice 5.06
Code:
ODF Text Document (*.odt)
ODF Text Document Template C.ott)
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document (*.sxw)
OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document Template (*.stw)
Flat XML ODF Text Document (*.fodt; *.odt'; *.xml)
Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (*.docx; *.docm)
Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML Template (*.dotx; *.dotm)
Microsoft Word 97-2003 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 97-2003 Template (*.dot)
Microsoft Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 95 Template (*.dot)
Microsoft WinWord 1/2/5 (*.doc)
Microsoft Works Document (*.wps)
Hangul WP 97 (*.hwp)
HTML Document (Writer) (*.html;*.htm)
Lotus WordPro Document (*.lwp)
Rich Text (*.rtf)
T602 Document (*.602;*.txt)
Text (*.txt)
Text - Choose Encoding (*.txt)
WordPerfect Document *.wpd)
Office Open XML Text (*.docx; *.docm)
Office Open XML Text Template (*.dotx; *.dotm)
AbiWord Document (*.abw; *.zabw)
Apple Pages 4 (*.pages)
8eagIeWorks/WordPerfect Works v1 Text Document (*.dummy)
BroadBand eBook (*.lrf)
ClarisWorks/AppleWorks Text Document (*.cwk)
DOC Maker (v4) Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
FictionBook 2.0 (*.fb2; *.zip)
FullWrite Professional Document (*.dummy)
GreatWorks Text Document (*.dummy)
HanMac Word ) Document (*.dummy)
HanMac Wotd-K Document (*.dummy)
LightWayText for Mac v4.5 (*.hqx; *.zip)
MacDoc v1 Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
MacWrite Document (*.mw; *.mcw)
MacWriteD or MacWritePro Document (*.rmv; *.mcv.)
Acta Mac Classic Document (*.dummy)
More Mac v2-3 Document [*.dummy)
RagTime Mac v2-3 Document (*.dummy)
Microsoft Word for Mac (v1 - v5) (*.doc)
Microsoft Works for Mac Text Document (v1 - v4) (*.wvps)
Mariner Write Mac Classic v1.6 - v3.5 (*.mwd)
MindWrite Document (*.dummy)
Nisus Writer Mac Classic v34 - 6.5 (*.hqx; *.zip)
PalmDoc eBook (*.pdb)
Plucker eBook (*.pdb)
TeachText/SimpleText v1 Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
TealDoc eBook (*.pdb)
Tex-Edit v2 Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
WriteNow Document (*.wn; *.nx^d)
WriterPlus Document (*.dummy)
Z-Write 1.3 Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
eDOC (v2) Document (*.hqx; *.zip)
eReader eBook (*.pdb)
PDF - Portable Document Format (Writer) (*.pdf)
zTXT eBook (*.pdb)