OpenOffice is in fact perfectly safe to install and I hope to see the digital signature rectified for future releases. Something I noticed – and which annoyed me slightly – is that Microsoft’s SmartScreen (comes with Internet Explorer and Windows 8) – flags OpenOffice as a risk because the software is not properly digitally signed.įurthur investigation revealed Apple’s OSX Gatekeeper also throws up a false positive and thinks the software is unsafe.

There’s no need to install every single tool if you already an application on your computer dedicated to a certain task.Ĭase in point: my Windows 7 OS comes with a perfectly good calculator, so I have left the Calculator option out of the OpenOffice installation. You can cherry pick what tools you wish to setup. Once you have the main two files you need downloaded, go ahead and install the application. One thing worth pointing out is that you’ll probably be needing a language pack if you intend to use the built in spell check feature. You can read more about installation on the official wiki page. If you’re a Windows user, you can just leave the default download criteria as is and chose to download the. Visit the website download page to select your operating system and preferred version.

Installing the software is straightforward. If you need to create a new office document (and your preferred office tools suite is corrupted or not working) it’s easy to create a new OpenOffice document. The cross compatibility with other office suite file formats is useful if you’re dealing with clients who do not use Microsoft Office software.ĭo you have an older file format, maybe an MS Word Doc in the 97-2003 format? Well, if you’re trying to open a document like this, it is readable and editable. Although it doesn’t get used that much, it still acts as a great back up for Microsoft Office. I’ve had it installed ever since it was owned by Oracle circa 2010. OpenOffice is a free office suite supported by the major competing proprietary and open source applications.

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