Moving From Open Office to Libre Office

Just recently in the office, I had to request for a replacement of my desktop PC.  I was surprised when I found out that Microsoft Office application is not anymore installed but instead Open Office.  The nature of my work as a Fixed Asset Accountant requires complex computations using MS Excel.  I need to use the subtotal function frequently for every reports that I'm doing.  So I had to complain about using Open Office rather than MS Office.  But I found out that it is now the company's policy to use Open Office.

So there I was, left out with no choice but to use Open Office.  But to my frustration, I found out that when I use subtotal there are some problems.  So I had to use my personal laptop in the office just to prepare some reports.  I consulted our IT department for my concern but they too cannot find a resolution.

I used to work with Open Office in my desktop PC here at home but when I found out that Oracle took over for the maintenance of it, I decided to move to LibreOffice just last night.

Basically, LibreOffice is the same as OpenOffice as it is being maintained by the same people that used to maintained Open Office.  But I notice some improvements which is for you to find out.

And so I remember the problem I encountered with OpenOffice so I decided to file a bug report which can be found here.  

And I'm happy that my concern was answered by a Novell Representative Kohei Yoshida and told me that the said problems have already been resolved in version 3.4 (current version is 3.3)

Personally, I would recommend using Libre Office as an alternative to MS Office.

You may visit the official website here.

and download your very own copy, size is only more than 200 MB.