LibreOffice Overview

Today we cover a broad range of the features in LibreOffice. Personally I use this for my books, but it has full features for using the application as a full replacement for Microsoft Office.
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[ArniesTech]

I owe my bachelors degree to LibreOffice 💪😎

[Oshaoxin]

1. Almost the same capabilities as Microsoft Office.
2. Starts quickly without logins or registration or paywalls.
3. Completely FREE real estate.

[michaelastl]

I hooked almost all my customers on LibreOffice. It is a great software. Thanks for the video. I love all your channels!! Great content!

[rockstar]

Libreoffice 7.4 is fantastic. Much better UI and more stable than older versions. Worth the update.

[tamieokpara]

This was PERFECT for what I was looking for - thank you!!

[damp]

how in the world i haven't heard of this before. looks amazing, time to try it out. thanks.

[jstuart]

Love this software! Draw is incredibly useful.

[philly]

Thank you for this video, much appreciated!

[eliinthewolverinestate]

I like libre office. I use another document viewer/editor with it thou. Mainly just to switch file types. I always go full suite on libre office.

[anarita]

When I switch to Linux was in shock how easy it was to find and download and use free and open source applications then I looked at my wallet and it had more money on it as I no longer needed to buy software as I was doing back in my day when using Windows no more FREE baby FREE and good and easy to use YES :)

[ContantContact]

I did zap my LibreOffice installation on Linux Min 20.04(?) and downloaded the latest LibreOffice to get the upgrade(s). LO upgrades faster than the repository for the OS.
You do need to know what you are doing in Linux to get this done, and for most, the stock LO will work fine.

[lindamaclaren]

Libre Office is free, which puts it a strong contender in the search for a decent word processor. I only use the document creator, so I can't comment on the entire suite. It's good, but it has some strange characteristics. Spell check is limited if you use more than the few thousand words it offers (I have a pretty broad vocabulary, so I keep a *real* dictionary handy to double-check any word Libre Office refuses to acknowledge). Changing a double dash (--) to an m-dash, which is correct for most documents: you can correct *most* of them, but some (most notably the --") cannot be corrected, a definite flaw in reliability. These are small flaws, more irritating than vital, so I highly recommend it, but you must be aware of its limited dictionary and occasional formatting issues. Always double-check your work for Libre Office "corrections", but you should be double-checking no matter which software you use!

[cysx-]

I have a question. How can I change the border color of the selected item in calc? I mean the bold border that appears by default when it is selected, not the border setting that can be set in the cell format later.

[TB-bbyz]

Two weeks ago, I visited the HQ of LibreOffice (Document Foundation) in Berlin, Germany....this was quite interesting.

[katrinamoseswilson]

Can I comment on documents in Libre's document processor?

[ContantContact]

@switchedtolinux I would like to know what book formatting options you used for books. I may have used some, but surely don't know all.

[anotherelvis]

11:25 The default layout with tabbed menus is hard to use, because there is too much text.
The idea is nice, but it is hard to use unless you spend time fixing it.

[genkiferal]

I rarely use LibreOffice anymore, but am now required to know MS Office really well for work, so am wondering how close the two programs are. Would learning LibreOffice really well help me learn MS Office/365 or merely confuse me? I hate MS, so deleted both Windows and MS Office 2+ years ago, but am now trying (to learn) to use it online, but the free web version of MS Office is a bit different from the purchased version - some things are missing.
How close are the two programs? Are the macros, shortcuts, ribbons almost the same or can they be set up/customized to be almost the same?

[Glamchick]

I’m not sure if I missed it in the video, but if I send a document that was in Libre format, can the recipient open normally in Word? If so, would there be any issues?

[averagebodybuilder]

I prefer LO but one thing I can't stand is that LO does not have a feature to treat Calc as a Recordset in LO Basic the way MSO can treat Excel does in VBA.