![]() So we advise you to stay away from OpenOffice. But OpenOffice hasn't seen any meaningful updates recently, and its management is considering retiring the project. LibreOffice actually grew out of OpenOffice, which used to be the de facto alternative to Microsoft Office. Even complex Excel spreadsheets imported into LibreOffice Calc work as they should. LibreOffice also does a good job in regards to formatting when importing Microsoft Office documents. ![]() ![]() So you can sync files from Google Drive or OneDrive and edit them right in LibreOffice (there's no collaboration feature, though). To make the deal even sweeter, LibreOffice recently added an online component. Unlike Google's apps, the LibreOffice suite comes with featured-packed offline desktop apps with all the pro features you expect. If you're used to the Microsoft Office user interface (pre-Ribbon era), it won't take you long to adjust to LibreOffice. All of these amazing features essentially make Google Docs a free version of Word for your Mac. There's an extensive add-on gallery, beautiful templates, superior research tools built-in, and Google search capabilities to boot. In some ways, Google Docs is more powerful than Microsoft Word. And if you're doing fairly basic stuff with standard fonts and formatting, you can get away with it the other party will never find out you're not using Microsoft Office. You can easily import Microsoft Office files to work on them, then export them again in Microsoft Office formats to pass them around. You'll be able to open an Excel file you received via Gmail in Google Sheets, which is essentially just a free version of Excel. Google's suite is really good and integrates well with your Google account. There's no real alternative to Outlook beyond Gmail, and you can get OneNote on Mac for free. ![]() Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are the Mac and Windows equivalents and the three direct alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint-they're essentially free Office for your Mac! If you're going to let go of the Microsoft world and you're looking for a free word processor for your Mac, your best bet is to join the Google alliance. ![]()
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