![]() I can't really address the spreadsheet, etc., functionality- I mostly just use the word processing and occasional presentation/slides (like powerpoint). In fact, issues with Microsoft Word requiring constantĬommunication with my firm's servers drove me to first Open Office and and I can absolutely vouch for them working off-line. ![]() ![]() You can also check out a list of all the group.īeen using these products as an end-user on and off for ~5 years- I'm not a real IT pro (I describe myself as having "hobbyist-level" expertise). Want to explore further in the Community? Last week we spotlighted the Asterisk group, which hosts discussions about that open source PBX software. I couldn't find any up-to-date books on how to use the two office suites, but as long as you're familiar with other word processors, spreadsheets, et al., you'll have no trouble getting started – and if you do need help, Google is your friend. That lack of traffic is probably due mainly to our having few SpiceHeads with these apps installed, but in part it's also a reflection of their ease of use. In the six years since the first post in the Spiceworks OpenOffice and LibreOffice group, the forum has garnered only 42 topics. If you're intrigued by the idea of an open source application but worry about needing support, well, that's what this group is for, and the Web hosts many other forums with experienced users who are ready to help. Lifehacker ran a comparison of LibreOffice with Microsoft Office last year, and found strengths for each. LibreOffice also offers a drawing and flowcharting application and a math editing component, while Office provides an email client, note-taking app, and publication design program. Both suites offer word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, and a desktop database. Users that are not able to update their installs to the latest version should disable the macro features.Almost anything you can do in Microsoft Office you can also do in LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and in fact the word processing components of these suites are better at the layout of complex documents than Microsoft Word. ![]() Libre Office addressed the issue with the release 7.0.5 or 7.1.1 and later. “An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in LibreOffice allowed an attacker to self sign an ODF document, with a signature untrusted by the target, then modify it to change the signature algorithm to an invalid (or unknown to LibreOffice) algorithm and LibreOffice would incorrectly present such a signature with an unknown algorithm as a valid signature issued by a trusted person.” reads the advisory published by LibreOffice. In a real attack scenario, threat actors can sign weaponized documents to make them appear as created by a trusted source.Įxperts pointed out that the CVE-2021-25635 flaw also affects LibreOffice that tracked the vulnerability as CVE-2021-25635. The flaw was reported by Simon Rohlmann, Vladislav Mladenov, Christian Mainka, and Jorg Schwenk of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. The flaw has been addressed with the release of version 4.1.1. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are affected.” reads the advisory for this vulnerability. “It is possible for an attacker to manipulate documents to appear to be signed by a trusted source.
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