There were also plenty of bad design issues. The publisher warns that he uses Web beacons. Apart from the extreme annoyance, it’s almost a given that serving ads inside your software implies breaching your privacy. This does not surprise me in the least, because I’ve seen plenty of such dishonest practices by Chinese publishers, and WPS is a Chinese piece of software.Īds were imposed on you when you wanted to use certain features, and you had to wait for 10 seconds for the ad to end, before being able to use the features. When I tested the free version of WPS, in 2018, it uploaded by default, to their servers, the documents you asked to be converted to pdf. Clarity of design and smoothness of workflow are at least as important, in my wiley That’s one of the areas where Free Office / Soft Maker Office is much better than Libre Office, although Libre Office probably wins if one only considers the number of features.īut features are not everything. You can even have both a ribbon and a classical menu interface at the same time. There are multiple combinations available, since the Touch Mode can be useful to change the size of interface elements, even if you don’t use a touch screen.
On of the best features of both the free and paid-for versions is the choice offered between ribbon and classical interface. Spreadsheet : formula auditing, scenarios, input validation, transpose data, cell styles, save in. Word processor : style manager, cross-references, save in. General : tabs, dark theme, versioning, customizable ribbon, VBA-style macro language. Some other features which might justify choosing the paid version are : The only other word processor I found with one is WPS, but I would strongly advise against it, because of its anti-privacy behaviour. This feature is almost impossible to find nowadays, outside of Microsoft Office (it’s definitely not in Libre Office). The one single feature that justifies the paid version over the free one, for me, is : a real outliner in the word processor, similar to Microsoft Word’s. For some people that might be a big plus. On the other hand, the interface more closely mimics that of MS Office.
Ugh.) I get it, the whole world does not revolve around the English language, and this is likely a lost-in-translation thing, but I’m an English speaker it drives me batty. (That’s right, P for spreadsheet and S for presentation. Their spreadsheet displays a big uppercase P while their presentation software displays a big uppercase S. And if you’re not actually using MS Office you might want to use Open Document Format. Can’t do it in FreeOffice or the commercial version, and old habits die hard. For decades, literally, ever since my Lotus 1-2-3 days, I’ve used the enter key to complete the paste operation and clear the buffer in a spreadsheet. There were little things that bugged me, too. When all was said and done it didn’t provide any advantages over LibreOffice, and it crashed more often on my Linux system. Used FreeOffice several years ago and even purchased the commercial version.
Now You: Which Office application do you use, and why? Users who need a text editor, spreadsheet application, and presentation software might want to give it a try as it delivers exactly that.Ĭommercial versions are available that extend the functionality. Closing WordsįreeOffice is a well designed Office suite that does not have to hide behind favorites such as LibreOffice. You can check out the entire changelog here.
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