# Apache OpenOffice Math Reviews **Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation **Category:** [Other Office Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-office) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 10 ## About Apache OpenOffice Math Math is Apache OpenOffice's component for mathematical equations. It is most commonly used as an equation editor for text documents, but it can also be used with other types of documents or stand-alone. When used inside Writer, the equation is treated as an object inside the text document. Similarly, one can also insert these into other Apache OpenOffice programs like Calc and Impress. ## Apache OpenOffice Math Reviews ### 1. Good tool but could be better **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Himanshu R. | Digital Success Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2021 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Open-source free tool which manages to incorporate many features from its competitors. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Not as good as its competition in the same domain. Has limited features and number of rows/columns. The default saving format is open-source and can sometimes have integration issues with MS office tools.It is good for users who do not want to spend a fortune on buying paid MS-Office tools. For eg. college students, etc. not recommended for Office use. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used it on VM which did not have a Microsoft Office license. Did the trick because data was limited. In case of a huge data load, MS Office Excel is the best alternative. ### 2. Apache Open Office Math: The best equation editor for report making and research documents **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** AAMIR KOLHAR 1. | Project Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** The software is lighter and fast in operations and is available for free. The package is smaller, and many supported files. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** The user interface feels like an outdated office suite, and the latest file formats like docx, pptx aren't yet supported by the software. Also, the cloud saving option is not available. **Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Math:** Every research student and professional users should use this lightweight software for mathematical equation editing. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** All the research paper documents and professional reports are designed and edited using the Apache OpenOffice Math software. ### 3. AOOM-MIK **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohammad Iqbal K. | Project Manager | ABCtwo.XYZ, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Beside being a free tool, it is very helpful to write and edit formulas in my way and then import them to the text documents or spread sheets. I use Math to write formula to make them more readable and clear to understand. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** It is not smart enough to detect the errors in case of complex formula. Its user interface is not so great likely because they are more attentive to the functionality. **Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Math:** I highly recommend my friends and colleagues to use Apache's OpenOffice Math for writing formula / equation and handling formula / equation in Calc or Writer. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it with Writer and Calc to treat the equation / formula as an object within the document or spreadsheet. It helps me to write equation / formula in detailed manner. ### 4. Create formulas quickly and easily. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** José O. | RPA Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2020 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Formulas are extremely important in text tools and main calculations like Calc and excel. Apache Math has always helped me to edit formulas the way I want and import those into my text documents and spreadsheets. Advantage of using this software is that it is free forever and has translation into almost all languages. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** The use was constant and I don't see what to complain about, especially since it is a free tool and is there to help the community. Improvements and updates are always made to correct bugs and optimize the tool. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** Math is easy to use because it has a very friendly and similar interface to the competitor. There is little secret to editing and formatting formulas. And this job makes it a lot easier every day when I import these formulas into my documents, articles and financial spreadsheets. The cool thing is that they can also be exported in PDF format. ### 5. Convenient for processing formulas to insert them into other documents **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Celine N. | Celine Nanni, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** When I create my presentations and I need to write a formula, to make it readable I write it in OpenOffice Math, so as to make the denominators of fractions clear. Especially when I have to insert Greek letters, I find it convenient to look for them directly on OpenOffice Math. The formulas created can be inserted directly into other OpenOffice documents or exported to PDF. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** The first time I opened this program I had some difficulty finding the "elements", that is the preset formats of the formulas to be modified with their own values. It would be useful to insert them directly into the ribbon bar, so as to make the use of the program more intuitive even on first access. **Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Math:** quite easy to use for all users **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have had to report a formula in the text for a scientific publication. I then integrated the use of OpenOffice writer with Math. ### 6. Useful for writing complex functions **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Valeria C. | Valeria Cima, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** I often find myself having to write formulas in my reports, so I find it necessary to use a program that makes them readable, to avoid using a long series of parentheses that would be difficult to understand. I often use it connected to OpenOffice Writer and OpenOffice Impress because they are the two tools I use most often to present projects. As in all other OpenOffice programs, I find it very convenient to have a quick export to PDF button. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** It is not extremely intuitive, which is why my rating was 7, but it is necessary to explore the various commands to find the desired function. I believe it would be useful to have the "elements" window fixed within the ribbon bar, because it is the window that is used every time. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can clearly report the formulas of my projects within reports and presentations. ### 7. Apache Open office Math complete and advance spreadsheet application” **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessica G. | Global Pricing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** I have been using Apache Open office Math for my personal business to keep track of payments, addresses, participants, buyers, and much more. By using this software, we can easily customize our data and create visuals to share our data. It has the great ability to customize and makes reports is great and if we need to really use some powers features in a more efficient way. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** The first problem about it will be the difficulty in learning. For the new users, learning Apache Open office can be very overwhelming. Another problem I least like about this software is that it is not smart enough to detect the errors. If there is a large amount of data saved in an Apache Open office, It can sometimes very difficult to for us to restore the data. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has helped me to be in a more efficient way. Apache Open office is life saver spreadsheet software. This software has outstanding features such as, data storage. This software provides the full opportunity to our users who are worried about to creating the outstanding spreedsheets in a more convenient way. ### 8. a good way to write equations smoothly and clearly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** cristian g. | clerk, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Open Office Math is a component of the Open Office software library that allows you to create mathematical equations, we can use it as an equation editor I use it when I have to insert equations in a document. I also feel very comfortable with respect to the paid version of the same software. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** like all OpenOffice programs, graphics are not so great, they are much more attentive to functionality than aesthetic beauty **Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Math:** the best method I've found so far to write equations for importing into documents **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** the problem I solved is exactly what this Yes software aims to do Writing mathematical equations in a fluid and detailed manner ### 9. Convenient for writing formulas **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Francesco M. | Francesco Montani, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** In cases where I need to insert formulas into texts, I use OpenOffice Math because it is integrated with OpenOffice Writer. The convenient thing is that there is a group of "elements," which are graphics with frequently used mathematical symbols, and this allows for easily inserting elements within elements to obtain the desired formula. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** I would have preferred that this program already had a formula editing part that worked so well within OpenOffice Writer. And here too, the buttons are a bit too small. **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** On Math, type the formulas so that they have a more readable appearance, and also the fractions become clearer to read. ### 10. Convenient for reporting formulas in texts **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bruce S. | Bruce Santoli, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2019 **What do you like best about Apache OpenOffice Math?** Math is the OpenOffice module for writing mathematical equations. The advantage of using it is to have all the special characters at the "button" in the ribbon bar. **What do you dislike about Apache OpenOffice Math?** If you have to write easy formulas, its use is very easy, but if the formula is a little more complex, you must pay close attention when typing. **Recommendations to others considering Apache OpenOffice Math:** attention to the various parentheses to have to write **What problems is Apache OpenOffice Math solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it in combination with Writer, so that the equation was treated as an object within the text document. ## Apache OpenOffice Math Discussions - [What are the features of Open Office Base?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-features-of-open-office-base) - [How do you do math in open office?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-you-do-math-in-open-office) - [What does OpenOffice math do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-openoffice-math-do) - [What are the features of OpenOffice Calc?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/apache-openoffice-math-what-are-the-features-of-openoffice-calc) - [View Apache OpenOffice Math pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-openoffice-math/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-04+19%3A03%3A23+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=1464e759-347d-4961-a1dd-2442b0b9545c&secure%5Btoken%5D=a5c0d3ca4a6e3d4f5d6f0bca31c6706eedb0cc72f9b5685da561e5f4671ae044&format=llm_user) ## Top Apache OpenOffice Math Alternatives - [MathType](https://www.g2.com/products/mathtype/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (23 reviews) - [Slack Connector for Jira](https://www.g2.com/products/slack-connector-for-jira/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (267 reviews) - [Socket.Io](https://www.g2.com/products/socket-io/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (54 reviews)