Thank you so much for all your clarifications. You answered all my questions about what I should do : buy or not Microsoft Office. And you're right. Why should I pay for something that is compatible with Microsoft Office, free and equivalent ? I made up my decision : it's gonna be Open Office !

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! I just aim to educate, not make decisions. Office has it's place for sure, but I'm always going the route of "free, and it works" first! Thanks so much for commenting and supporting my channel. LMK how you like the software after you've used it for a while:)

Im switching from a MAC & was worried about costs for "replacement programs" but this is an answered prayer & its FREE! Great Explanation btw

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I'm glad it helped! I love free software, so you'll hear me always trying to push that on my channel

Awesome job explaining the comparison of the two programs sir. Truly enjoyed and you made it easy to understand. Thank you.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate the compliment :)

ive watched quite a few videos about comparing office alternatives ... this even tho it was shorter (more to the point) it was at the end the best id say propably because it was just to the point without any disco music or fantasy firework animation :) i like that so thx for the video

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thx so much. I generally try to get right to the point and not waste my viewer's time. Glad it helped and you enjoyed it :)

Hi, Thanks for your easy to listen to and informative comparison. You have put my doubts about Open office aside and your explanation about the file formats was Exactly what I needed to know.

@AskYourComputerGuy

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated! 👍

Nicely done.. something to seriously consider!

Thank you for this. I don't want to give MS a dime -- I bought two different copies of MS Office on CDs, but my new computer doesn't have a DVD player. Ordered one, but I heard about this program, and was happy to find your video. I was delighted to hear that you don't have a bunch of crappy music or people talking in the background, so I could concentrate. Thanks again.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I've been running open Office for years, I love it!!!

@AskYourComputerGuy

15 күн бұрын

Same!

Thank you, this video is very useful!

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thx for watching! :)

Actually it has differences in Excel Spreadsheet. I formatted two lines in a single cell by [Alt + Enter] in MS Excel, when I open with Open Office Spreadsheet, it does not support this function, and show doubles in this cell. I saw open office writer has more beautiful fonts.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment. I wasn't aware of this. Considering there are thousands of spreadsheet functions, I only focus on the most basic, as I'm trying to explain to people that they don't need to buy software for *basic* functions. But for more intermediate users, this could be helpful information. Thank you!

Any chance you can compare Open Office with Libre Office? Another question I have is what is the functional difference between Mircosoft Office and Open Office, such as buttons, functions, operations, keystrokes, menus, options, and capacities. Thanks again!

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion, I'll work on that! Functionally, no difference. That's why I prefer Apache. The primary difference between them is Outlooks for email. Apache doesn't include an email client. As far as functions, customization of documents, etc, it's nearly identical. And certainly worth a look before spending $ just to have the Microsoft version. This is just my opinion, some people don't care for it. But it's what I use exclusively to run multiple businesses

@kjisnot

2 жыл бұрын

I think LibreOffice also supports the newer XML file formats that Open Office does not (.DOC vs .DOCX). I don't see where Open Office allows you to save in that newer format.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I believe you are correct. You can open .docx but not save to it (yet). I've just never been a fan of Libre because of the ads when I first installed it. That's when I started using Open Office. But if you absolutely had to use a docx, you can always open it and edit it free on Office.com

Thank you! This makes my decision, I’ll go with Open Office!

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely try it first! Costs you nothing and if you're like me, you find yourself loving it (and the fact that's it's free!). Thx for watching, glad you enjoyed it :)

@misterwakeupcall

3 жыл бұрын

Here is a testimonial to the merits of Apache Open Office 4.0: Whoever designed Apache Open Office 4.0 should be kicked in the groin repeatedly, for creating such a user unfriendly office program that locks documents, rearranges transferred files, makes it difficult to manipulate photos, frequently crashes, etc. It is an absolute nightmare to work with, a time waster of an unsurpassed magnitude. Whoever you are, you best hope we do not cross paths, for if we do, I will kick your illogical, irrational, unreasonable, unjustifiable and dis-functional designer ass. IMBECILE !

@krishnamanoj4730

2 жыл бұрын

NO PLEASE DON"T YOU WILL BE LIKE ME A STARVING CHILD IF YOU USED MICROSOFT OFFICE YOU WILL BE SEEN B Y BILL GATES

@hypnodive7643

2 жыл бұрын

WHO EVER MADE OO WAS ON DRUGS PLEASE DONT USE IT MA'AM

Thank you very much. I just had to buy a new computer (after seven years), and there wasn't office on it. Having just spent quite a good sum on new computer, I wasn't very keen to spend more on the program. I had heard about Open Office before, but my main concern was, will the Open Office documents be compatible with MS Word? I got my answer, so, thank you very much again.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad to hear it, and glad to help! :)

My guess is if somebody needed access to create a database, they probably have the funds to afford it but, does open office have anything comparable to access?

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it's called "Base" and is included in the Open Office package

Wow, informative. How to remove that border in open office. And is it possible to save the document in pdf format as we doing with word? If yes, while converting do that border thing will appear in pdf?

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Tools, options, appearance to remove the border. Yes there is an export to PDF option and no, border won't show in PDF if you remove it from the tools menu :)

Considering that you can't use all of microsoft office without the internet (including install it) you should try your luck with open office first. There's no replacing excel resume cred though.

Will I be able to use the word for formatting my manuscript for KDP publishing?

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

You should be able to import from doc into whatever FORMAT KDP uses. Worst ass, Calibre can convert any format for you

Thank you very much... Will I be able to use the word for formatting my manuscript for KDP publishing?

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@fouchedesigns2357

Жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy I would like to thank you very much. Your information is highly educational and informative. You had made my day...

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad it helped!!!

As a professor, I just want to be sure that I can open and view student documents that they submit online. My institution (Cuyahoga Community College) provides Microsoft Office 365 to students for free for educational use. All they have to do is download it and install it on their computers. Sadly, some students don’t take advantage of this. They don’t even use their student email accounts.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

It will handle any doc, xls or ppt with ease. When you start getting into docx, xlsx, or pptx, sometimes you run into issues, because it doesn't always translate macros correctly. But for 99.3% of people, and students, it works exceptionally well. I've used it to open and edit some pretty intense spreadsheets, with lots of worksheet migration and transfer from one to the other, and it works flawlessly for me

Thanks! Love your reality based analysis

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I try to make my videos from the perspective of a regular, average computer user. Glad you picked up on that :)

If doing ten pages on text document, can it be uploaded? Flashdrive is one way but does apache have something to upload ten pages?

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

If you are asking if it has the ability to upload to anything other than a physical drive, i'm sure it does. I honestly have never even used that feature. But I will definitely check it out and let you know. I only save to local drive so it never even occurred to me tio check

Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it helped, glad you enjoyed :)

Hi, there. Very good video. If I am in Open Office, all I have to do is take a screen shot of the doc. and put in a folder, and then upload to gmail. Is that possible? Thanks!

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Just save the file as a Microsoft (dot)doc, then attach. Absolutely

very Helpful, please advise, I am using MacBook pro 15", looking for your assistance, Thanks regards

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Open Office is available for Mac OS. Check it out here: www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/

Thanks

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thx for watching!

I only use Office because I don't want to take the risk of macro issues when transferring files. I write novels and I need to use what editors use and that's Word. Otherwise, I don't think most people in the world need Word and I wish people would use OpenOffice or LibreOffice which are great.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

That is an excellent point about macros!

@angusorvid8840

Жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy I just can't take the risk and editors are very pesky characters when it comes to any flaw in a document. They are also Luddites, afraid to learn anything new. The funny part of it is that LibreOffice and OpenOffice barely have any learning curve. In a lot of ways I find them easier to use than clunky Word. But that's just the way it is. On the same token I think Word has improved. One thing I like is that Word now has Dark Mode. As I'm an Office Insider I get to test these features out months before they roll them out for the general public. But there are still improvements I'd like to see. For instance, when it comes to searching from a Word Doc it defaults to Bing. I would rather have the option to use Google, which is still the king of search. But Open and LibreOffice still don't have this feature at all. Google Docs has it, which of course uses Google, but there are too many downsides to Google Docs. Here's another thing. It's a total pain in the neck to try to use a cloud service with Libre and OpenOffice. It's simply not integrated and automatic. I cannot take the risk of losing my work. But I also have to call out Microsoft for the lagging speed of OneDrive. It just crawls along like a stoned turtle.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

I can't argue any of those points! I think MS kinda made everyone dependent on Office with the docx and xlsx extensions. Thankfully other programs have followed suit. And for what you need, as important as it is that your editors get it "right" I don't fault you at all for using Office...even if you're doing it while grumbling under your breath LOL - thx for the entertaining comment 😁

Bro I need ur help . I'm a btech(engineering) student .which one will be ok for me . I'm just clueless.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Open Office should be more than enough for most anyone, unless you need outlook for email. Always start with simple and free

Thank you for your great explantations BUT is it safer to use OpenOffice than Microsoft words

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Both are equally safe. Microsoft and Apache are HUGE, well-known companies and can be trusted:)

I want to know that all the shortcut which are used in ms excel can be used in open office

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

I have found that most of the typical excel shortcuts and formulas work the same. Excel literally has 30,000+ formulas and functions built in. Most people use the top 25, which I've found all work exactly the same in Open Office / Calc

Once I downloaded & successfully installed Open Office. Can delete those files/folders extracted as the result of installation process to save space?

@AskYourComputerGuy

8 ай бұрын

Yes

@shu-wenlu5581

8 ай бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy Thank you for your reply. You are really an excellent presenter. I really enjoyed your KZreads.

@AskYourComputerGuy

8 ай бұрын

@shu-wenlu5581 thank you, I do my best 👍

@shu-wenlu5581

7 ай бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy I have been using Open Office since and have not problem until today. I got Open Office 4.1.14 Read Error. This is not a WinWord97 file. I cannot open my file. What did I do wrong? What can I do?

Excellent video.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I looking for software for planning where multi users can use, edit and save at the same time. Now i use excel but only one user can edit at one time

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

You can do this in Excel. It's called co-authoring support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/collaborate-on-excel-workbooks-at-the-same-time-with-co-authoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

And in Open Office: wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Calc_Guide/Sharing_documents_among_reviewers

hi, i tried open office today. the data is saved in word format, but while opening in ms word, the text is not visible. How can i fix that problem?

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

You changed the default file format from ODT to DOC, right?

@mmmssbb23

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy yeas

@mmmssbb23

2 жыл бұрын

But open office is able to open word format saved by msword

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Never had that happen. Once I have set the default to DOC, I've been able to open both with OO and MS Office with no problem. Only exception might be if there are macros or conditional formatting. But a standard .doc file created in Open Office should open just fine in Word. Been doing it for years. Maybe double check that's it not set to use Office XP "template" but actual Office XP "document". I have done that before. It ends up giving it a .dot extension and it won't open in MS Office

@mmmssbb23

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy recently i have upgraded my os to 11, that could be the reason

Can you create pdf’s on this free software? Thanks in advance!

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but not directly. I use Open Office and the free CutePDF program, which lets you convert any file into a PDF. It acts as a virtual printer. You just "print" to it instead of your printer and it spits out a PDF for you. I'll probably make a video soon about it, it's one of my favorite must-have tools!

@richardayala4356

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a quick response!

@photios4779

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy On my version of Open Office, there is a built-in option to create PDFs by selecting: File > Export as PDF.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I didn't know that. I use Adobe or CutePDF to create my PDFs but that's super helpful information! Thank you :)

There is Microsoft One Drive that is also free to use.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Yup! :)

I understand this video is 3 years old and Open Office has changed. The options the video shows do not exist in Open Office 4.1.14 which I installed on August 12, 2023.

@AskYourComputerGuy

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure some of the menus have changed since then. Most everything you need will be under tools, which is still there 💪

wish I had this years ago

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Well at least you know now that you don't have to continue paying Microsoft, if you so choose. Glad you enjoyed the video :)

I can’t make my screen lighter on this app help😍😍😍😍

@AskYourComputerGuy

11 ай бұрын

I think you misplaced your comment. This was a video about Microsoft Office vs Open Office :)

I used to have Microsoft office on my laptop, i think it was called microsoft office 365 it came ready loaded on my laptop as a trial version, which I used, at the end of the trial I found out to keep it, it required a monthly or yearly subscription, which was not cheap, as I had created files using it, I was prity much stuck with it, then I came accross Apache Open Office through an advert from a company who were selling it on a USB stick, they also do Libre Office, I checked both of them out and decided I liked Apache better, it cost about £12.00 from them, I did not realise at the time I could not have downloaded it for free, I just wanted something that could open My Microsft office files, mainly word and Excell that I had created and for £12.00 it seemed a bargain, and it was, so now I'm able to open my files and create new ones using Apache, if you have the same problem then get it even at £12.00 its worth it.

@AskYourComputerGuy

8 ай бұрын

Open Office has always been free. You got scammed. It's illegal to sell open source software without permission

I went to OpenOffice and latter LibreOffice a long time ago. It boggles my mind why people still use MS Office.

What about Pdf? It does not open for me...

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

PDF is an Adobe program. It's a universal "screenshot" of a file or image. You need to download Adobe Reader DC free to open PDF files

I've been using Open Office for a long time now and there is one thing that is very disappointing. If you open a powerpoint file created in the actual powerpoint, OpenOffice is very hit or miss as to how well it will be able to display it. I have had every thing from just mild layout & style issues up to the app crashing. This was using a file that played fine in actual powerpoint.

@AskYourComputerGuy

10 ай бұрын

Interesting. I admittedly don't use Power Point files ever, so I hadn't noticed. Tried Libre Office instead? Might be worth a shot 👍

@Robert08010

10 ай бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy I edit video from lectures so at least once a month or so, I have to open someone elses PPT file and try to extract still images (assuming there are no builds) or play the presentation while screen recording. As I say usually its minor alignments or properties issues but sometimes it can be much worse. I finally got the online version of office.

@AskYourComputerGuy

10 ай бұрын

@Robert08010 👍

How do I remove Read only

@AskYourComputerGuy

17 күн бұрын

You can change read-only permissions on a file by right-clicking the file and then selecting "properties"

Google sucks, but they have a desktop app that lets you put mail on your PC. Hell, they also have desktop google docs too. Microsoft office lost a customer with me today. So I'm off to openoffice

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know what you think of it!

Madami lang kulang sa Open office pero mas madali siang gamitin kesa office

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I only speak English. Can you translate?

Open Office reminds me of Windows 3.1

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

What it lacks in modern appearance, it makes up for in performance, stability and compatibility. As well as price (free). I would much rather use a more basic program that didn't force me to tie myself to Microsoft (and for a few), that actually just did what I wanted it to do. Thanks for your comment :)

I use Apache Open Office. It is cost free and it does not invade my privacy like Microsoft does.

@AskYourComputerGuy

9 күн бұрын

Agreed, only one I use 👍

This is definitely dated. While OpenOffice limps along, the fork Libreoffice has raced ahead, by comparison. Also, last I saw, the database program in either OpenOffice or Libreoffice is incompatible with Access, although it can serve an individual well.

@AskYourComputerGuy

7 ай бұрын

Well, it is 3 years old...so it's dated

Outlook is easily replaced by a web widget.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. But some people insist on paying for Office and may not be advanced enough to deal with widgets or extensions. I wanted to make a comparison video so people could see that they didn't have to purchase software like they may have been conditioned to do :)

@bookworm8368

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy Oh, now I get it. Thanks! This video helped me understand my freeware better, thanks again!

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for watching and commenting! :)

the only office program l use is publisher, libre office for everything else, publisher use to be a standalone product but now the only way to get it is by buying office proffessional, no thanks, so l activate it with a batch file for free, l am not a pirate because i did by publisher 95 its not my fault is does not work on 10

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

As long as that works for you, that's all that matters :)

That's how they earn x millions $s

@AskYourComputerGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! And when people don't know there is a free alternative, they automatically assume they have to pay Microsoft. Thx for the comment!

@kakerake6018

2 жыл бұрын

Billions you mean

OpenOffice crashes a ton. I only use it because it's free. It's a crash that occurs when I try to save. Then i end up losing all my work. Microsoft Word/excel should be baked into Windows PCs like other common features like the calculator or windows media player

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

It rarely crashes on me. But I follow the *save now, save often" just because I've done this for 30 years and sometimes it does happen

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

And as far as word and excel, they're not going to give it to you for free when they can charge you for it

Microsoft always has you by the nuts, I don't know how much money they have got from me since about 1986

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Same! Waayyyyyy too much, I guarantee that! LOL

@mumumeme8496

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

So you confirmed something that I have been doing for the last decade? Thank you. I've been using open office for over a decade now. This is very reassuring. Converts to office well and you really don't need to pay microsoft prices. Garbage company.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I've been using it about as long and it just gets better...and stays free! :)

@michaelversace456

Жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy I got offered a really good deal on microsoft office but I declined and I am grateful to not have jumped back into the matrix.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

#smart

Okay, have to confess my HP computer is a newer model that is also a POS. Open Office is worthless, even if free. I use it simply for document writing, and it's fickle, reformatting apparently at will, not accepting revisions, doing weird stuff for no apparent reason. Whether it's my PC or the software, even free software is more than it's worth!

@AskYourComputerGuy

10 ай бұрын

I've used Open Office for years and never had any of the issues you describe. Other than occasionally not being able to open a specific macro-enabled Microsoft doc file, no issues 🤷‍♂️

Apache OpenOffice is way better than Microsoft office because A. Apache OpenOffice is free B. Apache OpenOffice is easy to use C. Has most tools that Microsoft has

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

I agree. It's my preference too!

It's not Intel, It's AMDtell !!!😀

@AskYourComputerGuy

5 күн бұрын

😂

Infinite basic comparison...

To put something so basic like word behind a paywall is bs! I paid Microsoft over 100 dollars for a few years to send like 10 word docs is a joke!

@AskYourComputerGuy

6 ай бұрын

Agreed

Two fiddy hondos for a damn basic software? WTH is wrong with microsoft? i would completely understand that price for a new release, new generation full price software package, something using and providing high-tech tools to users, but this is crazy.

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

1000% agree! That's why I use Open Office...zero hundred 😁😂👍💪

@bryanmoyna9715

Жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy After watching your video, im a believer too! Thank you!

@AskYourComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

There is also Libre Office for free. You can try that one as well. I just prefer Open Office but they're both great

@bryanmoyna9715

Жыл бұрын

@@AskYourComputerGuy oki.

I never buying Microsoft office

Duh and the new office is PAINFUL!

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL yeah it is!

Microsoft Word has now Officially gone Woke, so I'm going OpenOffice now, looks great.

@AskYourComputerGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I love it! Used it for years

@TheDragonRelic

Жыл бұрын

Bruh woke dosent mean jack shit lmfao.

@marianclaudiu3913

8 ай бұрын

I can't pirate ms office no more ?

@AskYourComputerGuy

8 ай бұрын

😂