LibreOffice from Collabora
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LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite. It includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing applications. Collabora provides enterprise-level support and services for LibreOffice. They have expertise in OpenDocument and Microsoft OOXML formats. Open Canarias partners with Collabora to provide multi-level support for LibreOffice to customers as an alternative to proprietary office suites.
LibreOffice from Collabora
- 1. LibreOffice - Collabora Salvador González Junio 2014
- 2. LibreOffice • Fully featured Office suite • Second-to-none file support • Open Source / Open Standards • Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base • The Document Foundation (non- profit) • ~75 million users and growing • 2,000+ software commits per month
- 3. Supporters of LibreOffice the Advisory Board
- 4. Collabora • Collabora Ltd. – Leading Open Source Consultancy – 8 years of experience. 90+ People. • Collabora Productivity Ltd. – Dedicated to Enterprise LibreOffice – Provides Level-3 support (code issues) to all LibreOffice clients – Architects of Microsoft OpenXML filters
- 5. Open Canarias and Collabora • Open Canarias have been working with OpenOffice and LibreOffice as an alternative to MSOffice for more than 5 years; doing complex technical documents, presentations, comercial documents, etc.. The results has been more than satisfactory. • Collabora and Open Canarias partnership brings customers and alternative to MSOffice contracts by adding services to help the end user. Something that Microsoft doesn't do!. • LibreOffice is one of the fundamentals points to adopt Open Source software as a business solution to the enterprise. • Collabora provides Level-3 support. Open Canarias provides Level-1 and Level-2 support.
- 6. Breadth of contribution: LibreOffice vs OpenOffice Jan12 Feb12 Mar12 Apr12 May12 Jun12 Jul12 Aug12 Sep12 Oct12 Nov12 Dec12 Jan13 Feb13 Mar13 Apr13 May13 Jun13 Jul13 Aug13 Sep13 Oct13 Nov13 Dec13 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Comparitive Trend of Active Developers LibreOffice AOO Numberofactivecodecontributorsinmonth
- 7. Supported / Enterprise • Regression Tested and Hardened – Enterprise builds for Win/Linux/OSX – Long-Term-Support model (3 years) • Stability & Security updates (Win msp) – Level 3 Contracts (code support) • Bug-fix annual entitlement packets – Windows Group Policy Object mgmt
- 8. Community vs Enterprise Version Community Enterprise Hardened Deployed Patching None Stability & Security (.msp patches for Win) Long-Term-Support None new version every 6 months Customer Installed version is supported for a minimum 3 years Customer Level 3 Code Support on SLA None ~€3.6k /ticket annual contract Bespoke Coding None *Feature & Interoperability development is available * All software development work is ultimately provided back to the community project
- 10. Compatibility: MSOffice 2013 LibreOffice and MSOffice2013 can read and write doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pps, pptx LibreOffice and MSOffice2013 can read and write ODF (Open Document Format) files but the MSOffice2013 default is to save in its own 'Transitional' OOXML LibreOffice can directly export a Hybrid PDF file, MSOffice2013 cannot (a Hybrid PDF has an embedded ODF for full editing) LibreOffice can read MS Visio and MS Publisher files into its applications for MS Visio in MSOffice2013 you need buy the separate MS Visio
- 11. Compatibility: Legacy • LibreOffice can read (MSOffice2013 cannot) – MS WinWord 5, – MS Word 6.0, – MS Word 95 • LibreOffice can open some MS password protected files (Weak XOR, Office 97/2000) – Word 6.0, – Word 95/97, – Word 2000, – Word XP, – Word 2003 – Excel 2.1, 3, 4, 5, – Excel 95/97, – Excel 2000, Excel XP, Excel 2003
- 12. Compatibility: macros • MSOffice calls their version of Basic, VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) • LibreOffice uses Basic • LibreOffice choices when opening an MSOffice file containing VBA macros: • MSOffice can't handle other files' macros Run LibreOffice can run some Excel Visual Basic scripts Preserve Edit the file contents but leave the macro unaltered Delete Open the document and delete the macro Edit Revise the VBA to LO Basic in the provided editor
- 13. Compatibility with other formats • Import & Export Unified Office Format text • Import & Export AportisDoc (Palm), PocketWord documents • Import & Export Lotus WordPro, Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro 6, Pocket Excel • Import AbiWord files • Import of eBook formats: – FictionBook 2.0, BroadBand, Plucker (Palm), eReader (Palm), zTXT (Palm), TealDoc, (Palm), PalmDoc (Palm) • Import of legacy Mac OS word processing documents: – MS Word for Mac (1-5.1), MS Works for Mac (1-4), ClarisWorks/AppleWorks, Write Now, MacWriteII/MacWritePro, DOCMaker 4, FullWrite Professional, HanMac Word-K/J, LightWayText for Mac 4.5, Mariner Write Mac Classic 1.6- 3.5, MindWriteDocument, Nisus Writer Mac Classic 3.4-6.5, TeachText/SimpleText 1, Tex-Edit 2,WriterPlus, Z-Write 1.3, eDOC 2, Acta Mac Classic, BeagleWorks/WordPerfect Works 1,GreatWorks, MacDoc 1, MoreMac 2-3
- 14. Recent additions to LibreOffice since forging ahead from OpenOffice • Improved Microsoft Office interoperability – round-tripping 'foreign' properties for improved OOXML ↔ OOXML fidelity – Agile encryption support • Spreadsheet: – Significant performance & memory usage improvements – OpenCL / GPU based calculation – Many more formulae supported – Much improved charting • Apple 'Keynote' import filter • Content Management Interoperability Services compliance allows integration with CMS/DMS como SharePoint Server 2013; Alfresco; Nuxeo; etc.
- 15. Now in LibreOffice (not in OO) Apple Keynote Import Import/Export nested comments Send merge mails with images in HTML Format one or more characters with a border
- 16. Now in LibreOffice (not in OO) Sidebar with resizeable layout Stepped lines in Calc Images can be rotated Textframes support background gradients
- 17. Now in LibreOffice (not in OO) • Numerous improvements to interoperability with Microsoft's DOCX – Preserve Smart-Art information – Solid page background color – Correct page border margins – Different Odd & Even page – Preserve rotation information on bitmaps. – OOXML floating table improvements. • Support for the default Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013 Agile decrypt • Support for OOXML encryption
- 18. Bespoke Development: docx – range comments
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