LibreOffice is great
January 19, 2026

LibreOffice is great

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Writer
  • Calc
  • Impress
  • Draw
  • Math

Overall Satisfaction with LibreOffice

I use LibreOffice daily. Because of my job function, I use the Calc software way more than any other. I switched from Excel to LibreOffice because, starting with Excel 2007, they started requiring much more mouse usage (they said you can still use the same keystrokes, but some of the key combinations I often used, did not work). I started looking for alternatives and started with OpenOffice, then LibreOffice. When I have to use Excel, I find it getting in the way of so many things that I breeze right through, with LibreOffice. I am now far more productive than I would have been with Excel.

Pros

  • Sorting, much as Excel does, but Excel seems to ignore certain parameters.
  • The File Save function is much cleaner, clearer and more intuitive in LibreOffice than in Excel.
  • The menu bar, in general, is likewise leaner, clearer and more intuitive in LibreOffice than in Excel.

Cons

  • It could allow us to set a default font for imports, so we don't have to keep changing the fonts of imported data from various sources.
  • It could allow us to set a default cell format for imports, so we don't have to keep changing the cell characteristics of imported data from various sources.
  • It could allow itself to be called by QuickBooks, for exports therefrom so we don't have to keep moving the exported data from Excel to LibreOffice.
  • LibreOffice, especially Calc, has made me far more efficient, in my job function, than I ever could have been with Excel.
  • LibreOffice does not put me in a frustrated or angry mood each time I use it.
  • LibreOffice helps me to spend more time analyzing the data I'm working with, rather than fighting the software, just make it allow me to do what I need to do.
For all of the reasons in the foregoing evaluation. Its menus are clean, intuitive and straightforward. Any function I need to use can be accessed via keystrokes, without having to stop, move my hand to the mouse, deal with it, and then get back to the keyboard to proceed. It helps me keep my mind on my work and not worry about dealing with the mouse all the time.
Versus Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice is a workable solution for collecting, manipulating and reporting data. Excel is not. Apache OpenOffice is the idea LibreOffice is based on, but LibreOffice has advanced beyond OpenOffice. New features, within the LibreOffice framework are much quicker and easier to distribute to the end users (me) than OpenOffice. The last version of WordPerfect I used was a DOS version. I moved to Microsoft Word and then they changed everything with the 2007 version. I immediately started looking for an alternative and found LibreOffice Writer. I no longer have any interest in using Microsoft Office products.

Do you think LibreOffice delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with LibreOffice's feature set?

Yes

Did LibreOffice live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of LibreOffice go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy LibreOffice again?

Yes

If you're working with numbers, LibreOffice doesn't get in your way and try to make changes as it sees fit, forcing you to repeatedly go back and undo processes you didn't want, didn't ask for, and that have no place in the document you are trying to produce. All I want to do is assemble the data, process it for the task at hand, and then print it for distribution. LibreOffice allows me to do that.

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