I was able to easily add data, create formulas, format cells, and accomplish anything I would need from a spreadsheet software. The spreadsheet tool, Calc, also bears a striking resemblance to Excel, making for great ease of adoption. In Libre Office’s word processor, Writer, I found it easy to draft documents, edit, format, and utilize any functionality a user would expect in a program like this. Most buttons and toolbars are exactly where a Microsoft® user would expect to find them, making the learning curve very shallow. As soon as the program opens, users will feel instantly at home, with a copycat interface to that of Office365. A computer restart is suggested for the full installation settings to take effect however, the program will work immediately upon its download, regardless of a restart. First, the download was quite easy and fast. The logos and icons and overall user interface feel like Deja vu as you toggle back and forth between each program. Libre Office’s look and feel bears a striking resemblance to Microsoft® Office 365 suite.
Although Open office still is free (with Oracle offering a commercial, paid version of the software with added features like technical support), Libre Office retains the original Open Office (which was first named StarOffice) philosophy of being open and free to this end, Libre Office is both free and open-source, with its code base being written and expounded upon by its community.Libre Office may give Microsoft® Office suite a run for its money with its near-identical user interface and free download. Forked from Oracle's Open Office suite, Libre Office is essentially the same, with a few subtle improvements that those who use either may not be able to spot unless they are specifically looking for something (for example, Libre Office supports more languages than Open Office).
Just as Open Office is an alternative to Microsoft Office (and Corel's Office applications, to a lesser extent), Libre Office fulfills the same role to Open Office. It also features native support for Open Office Math files. Like the other members of the Libre Office suite, Math can export to PDF directly, and the generated equations can then be embedded into OpenOffice-created files, such as a document by Writer. The Libre Office Math application is the seventh application in the current roster of the Libre Office suite and is meant to create and edit mathematical notations, similar to Microsoft’s Equation Editor (which is not exactly a Microsoft Office application, rather a shared tool).
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