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Luke Z.

Videographer, Owner

Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/18/2016

"Used for 10 years. Works great unless you need very advanced spreadsheet compatability. "

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

You cannot go wrong for this free product. I do not use many advanced functions and advanced users of excel may have to relearn some formulas. For simple-intermediate spreadsheets and simple math functions, open office works like a charm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

CALC funtions not nearly as powerful as true Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenOffice Base:

Seriously worth it if you are looking to save on Microsoft Office Subscription. I am able to work with files from Microsoft as well as OpenOffice spreadsheets.

Although, if you deal with other office's using Microsoft, you may run into some compatibility issues when it comes to complex formulas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenOffice Base solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used CALC for income analysis, budget layouts, timesheets, and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UD

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/9/2016

"Good for basic everyday use"

3.5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

The price! Seriously, a free office suite is magnificent. If you are using for personal use, or even a small business, this is absolutely key!

As far as I can tell, it has all the functionality of Microsoft Word, columns/tables, bullets/numbering, can import pictures, text/font editing, headers/footers, etc. All of my fonts that are saved on my computer show up in the program to use.

It is extremely easy to use, pretty much intuitive if you have used other word formatting programs (ie microsoft word). Even if you have not used them, I doubt that anyone would struggle with using this program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

If you are formatting a document with bullet points, numbers, etc, and sending to someone who uses microsoft word, there will be formatting issues. I have not figured out a way to send it without the formatting becoming completely whack when opening in microsoft word. The only solution I figured out was to save it as a PDF. Other than that I really have not come across any major issues with the program! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenOffice Base:

Give it a chance!! It has been perfect for basic needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenOffice Base solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most of the programs I use are design programs, but the need for a basic word computing program is still needed, but not to the point where I felt like I should spend money on buying the Microsoft suite. This has been the perfect option for me to keep me in budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Brandon J.

IT Support Technician

Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/2/2016

"Great software suite if your computer doesn't have MS Office and you want an inexpensive solution. "

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

Free. What isn't good about free software that does the same functions as a $150+ program.

It does everything the more expensive office suites do, without the extra cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

Nothing that really stands out at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Bruce H P.

Lead Project Manager

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/26/2016

"Compatibility at the right price!"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

Can create just about any document type I need with MS compatibility, all at the right price!

The Draw program is useful for creating Banners, Flyers and promotional materials.

The Calc program is as advanced as Excel, and can be used to open and create Excel spreadsheets.

The Writer program appears to be fully usable with MS Word, I have been able to create and edit MS Word files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

OpenOffice Draw does not have enough export options. If I could send a version of a Draw document that someone with MS Office could edit and send back, that would be a major improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenOffice Base:

If you are not interested in entering into MS Licensing, then this is the right product for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenOffice Base solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use OpenOffice to create and edit documents and figures that I can send out as PDF or MS format.

I also use OpenOffice to create Ads and Promotional documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Michael T.

Model

Entertainment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/25/2016

"Quite good, but not without flaws"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

As most of the people would say, it's the license. But to me, it is not only about price, but the fact that the software is open source and is free (as in freedom) and you are more than welcome to help. I had no second thoughts when I switch from MS Office several years ago and ever since the software got only better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

It seems like Oracle doesn't have too many plans on OpenOffice, the updates are rare and the biggest problem for me is the UI, like with many other open source programs, it looks like it came from the late 90s, early 2000's. So I had to make a switch to LibreOffice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenOffice Base:

It's a great piece of software and it excels at what it does, if you are not looking for the bleeding-edge updates and improvements, but rather want stuff done as quickly as possible, it's a great choice. You are free to use it on as many computers and for as many users as you like, no hidden fees or back-doors for spying and/or data-mining. But if you're looking for frequent updates and bug-fixes, a somewhat improved UI then LibreOffice would the obvious choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenOffice Base solving and how is that benefiting you?

There's too many to list them all, everything from basic word processing, business documentation, invoices, quotes and such. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Gian Pietro D.

Specialista in marketing digitale

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/19/2016

"a FREE office tool with no costs!"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

Is a suite for free and open source productivity compatible with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

One good thing is the sidebar where many tools useful panels are enclosed, which you can expand and collapse as required. Being located to the side, it makes good use widescreen displays of modern computers (unlike the Microsoft ribbon) and significantly increases productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

Sometimes i lost the proper formatting of documents created on Microsoft Office Word. But I'm seeing that this problem is being solved gradually with updates released. On Ubuntu Linux i used LibreOffice that maybe is better than OpenOffice.

Last thing: maybe is not easy to learn to use it, on this Microsof Office i think is little better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UD

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/24/2017

"Open office"

3/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

I appreciate that open office is a free use software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

Some of the features are somewhat complicated to figure out. Especially when importing docx files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kyler B.

Co-Owner / Developer

Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/19/2016

"A great free alternative to M$ for freelancers"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

It's free and it's under constant community development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

There are some slight UI quirks from where menus and features are located less than intuitively and M$ is always taking steps to fight it's compatibility so that can be a battle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenOffice Base:

If you are in a governmental or municipal organization, it can be difficult to remain compatible with your colleagues but it is getting better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenOffice Base solving and how is that benefiting you?

The cost of software is removed in this category so that budget can be used elsewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IC

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/25/2017

"The free and open productivity suite"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

The licensing system, free price and the compatibility with other payments suites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

The users difficult, to learn the new commands and user interfaces from other suits more populars Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Zachary T.

Head Of Marketing

E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/18/2016

"Love It!"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenOffice Base?

Easy to create pdfs! Free word processing software. Opens a number of file types. This was the standard the the digital agency I use to own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenOffice Base?

Like other similar programs a little slow unless your computer is new. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.