OpenOffice

The current version is 4.1.15

Here's a couple deal-breakers against using OpenOffice, at least its current version (4.1.11): • Though OpenOffice's Microsoft Word emulator can open .docx files, and you can edit them just fine, when it comes time to save your changes, you can't save the file in .docx format, since Microsoft has a copyright on the format--instead, OpenOffice can save files as .doc, but that format doesn't save some of the newer Microsoft Word formatting options you can choose for .docx files, but also even some simple formatting options, like the font, font size, etc. get changed when OpenOffice saves a .docx file as .doc--for instance, Palatino gets changed to Times New Roman, 10 point; Helvetica remains Helvetica, but it gets changed to 10 point; and who knows what else. This problem is at least partly a flaw specific to OpenOffice, because if you open the same .docx file in Microsoft Word, and save it as .doc format, the new file won't have any of these undesired font changes. And, even worse, if you save the document in OpenOffice's format (.odt), Word can't open the file. • If you try to launch even the latest version (4.1.11) of Apache OpenOffice under macOS Big Sur (11), and maybe even Catalina (10.15), macOS will display an alert saying "OpenOffice.app cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified". You can still open it by going into macOS's Security & Privacy prefpane immediately after trying to launch it, where there will be a button labeled "Open anyway", but this bogus--why isn't this developer verified with Apple yet? The download page for Apache OpenOffice (https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html) has a button labeled "Important hints for OS X", but when you click on it, the only thing it says about an OS X version is "Coming soon". This has been its status since at least Oct 5 2021 when Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 was released, half a year ago.

Crashes everytime I click on "Check Update" under the "Help" dropdown. Went to the Community support site and the people there told me how their's work. It was super helpful...

There is a movement to close the OpenOffice project due to poor support and few updates from Oracle, the project's sponsor. Preferable is the LibreOffice project, which branched off OpenOffice many years ago and provides the most successful and progressive alternative.

LibreOffice user here; Any compelling reasons to use OpenOffice over LibreOffice in 2020? It seems to me that LibreOffice is very actively developed and way ahead of OpenOffice, including for security issues.

Still better than Microsoft Office. Quark still loves it as do most apps that allow for docx imports,

Hei it is Great

Download link is broken in MacUpdate. (4.1.7)

DANGER! There is a severe security hole, CVE-2018-16858, in ALL versions of OpenOffice through version 4.1.6. Until Apache fix the problem, it is advised to AVOID using OpenOffice. Try one of the alternatives. LibreOffice has been patched in its latest versions, 6.0.7/6.1.3 and up. There is a workaround for the security hole for advanced users. It is posted in the article I've linked below. To quote: "As a workaround until OpenOffice releases a security fix, users can remove or rename the pythonscript.py file in the installation folder to disable the support for python." Severe RCE Flaw Disclosed in Popular LibreOffice and OpenOffice Software https://hacknews.co/vulnerabilities/20190205/severe-rce-flaw-disclosed-in-popular-libreoffice-and-openoffice-software.html

Umständlicher und Benutzer-unfreundlicher geht es wohl kaum mit dem Download-Procedere.

Better than MS Office! Saves docx files better than Word. Does not create hundreds of styke sheets in the background like Word does! Imports into QuarkXpress are much cleaner with far less loss of formatting. Does allow you to chose youer own default fonts without demanding that you use Calibri or whatever Microsoft demands of you!

Here is the official link for 4.1.5 from the developer's site:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.5/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.5_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg/download

Here is the URL for version 4.1.5

It's funny that MacUpdate shows now a release of version 4.1.4 when a couple of days ago, I downloaded 4..1.5 via filehorse: http://dl.filehorse.com/mac/office-and-business-tools/openoffice/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.5_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg?st=mGuzeMDjKG-HeoGtlzJ50w&e=1514077315&fn=Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.5_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg

OpenOffice 4.1.4 is here!

OpenOffice is fast and free. It's served my company well. I love that in the current version one can turn off Java. While OpenOffice is not developing as quickly as LIbreOffice, its performance is usually faster and more reliable. Software does not need to constantly change to be useful. Often the contrary. Stability and reliability are fantastic attributes for software.

not happy with trying to adapt openoffice with my mac. wanted to use it because i have a new macbook air and i hate their updated version of their word program, Pages. Well. i am struggling with downloading any templates for openoffice it keeps sending me to Safari's browser which doesn't support a lot of things now. so i can't tell where the templates are. trying to do it with firefox and having similar problems. looking for a video now. Not sure how to rate this because of all the struggles I am having.

If you are thinking about using AOO, read this article about the reasons AOO may/should be abandoned. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/openoffice-after-years-of-neglect-could-shut-down/

Why does Apple send me a small error message when I downloaded OpenOffice, saying it is NOT an APPROVED Apple application ! I simply want a FREE writing application, like I had with BEAN and used successfully, until I updated my OS X to El Capitan and now only shows a small wrting window ???

Very useful free text editing tool, but the problem is when I open the file with microsoft office word, the content is often in a mess.