Two different extensions, both called Writer2Latex ( here and here), even provide Writer export filters for LaTeX and BibTeX. Still, between “veteran” filters and optional or new ones, you can be reasonably sure to handle, at least partially, almost all files you may come across, including those from Visio, Corel Draw, and Microsoft Publisher. I know that very well myself, having said it for SVG graphics, in this very column and being still unable to open FrameMaker files on Linux. They cannot read and write all of them without losses, of course (nor can any other single application, for that matter). In the meantime, you are very welcome to add your favourite “least known feature” of AOO and LO in the comments, together with requests on how to perform other obscure tasks with these programs! #1 Support for MANY file formatsīoth Apache OpenOffice and Libre Office can handle lots of different formats. In the same spirit, stay tuned for more posts in the next weeks, in which I will explain in detail how to use some of the tools listed below. I hope this post will give as many people as possible even more reasons to try and/or promote the FOs. It is also likely that some advanced users of the Free Office suites are so familiar with the same features that they may even forget to mention them whenever they advocate Free Software. I’m quite confident that only a part of these people already know all the features listed below, which may be lifesavers for their friends if not for themselves. Sure, even most beginners know that both the FOs are multi-platform, regularly updated, and can export documents to PDF without additional plugins (always a good “selling” point, in my experience), but that’s pretty much it. Many users in this category may run the FOs for years without ever discovering some of their features, that is, without realizing the full power and flexibility of these tools. Here are seven that go beyond the common tasks.įor many people Apache OpenOffice and Libre Office, which I’ll call collectively FOs (Free Offices suites) for short, are nothing but “free, as in free beer” substitutes of Microsoft Office for basic to intermediate needs. Seven great features of OpenOffice and Libre Office that you probably ignoreįree office suite tools like OpenOffice and Libre Office have more advanced features than you might expect.
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