Word Processing Wars Revisited
New Revolution In Word Processing?
Presented By:
Justan Brandt | Co-Owner of wausauIT
[email protected] | 715.203.4044 x13 | wausauit.com
The Original Word Processing War Combatants
"...Office is the industry standard in the U.S...."
~ Lawyerist.com
Source: Sam Glover. (October 6, 2011). New Solo Technology Shopping List: the Basics. In Laweryist.com. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://laweryist.com/solo-technology-shoppinglist-basics/.
"Companies may use Microsoft Word for word
processing out of habit rather than necessity
and are beginning to consider other
alternatives..."
~ PC World
Source: Elizabeth Montalbano. (January 10, 2009). Report: Companies use Word out of habit, not necessity. In PC World. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://pcworld.idg.com.
au/article/272644/report_companies_use_word_habit_necessity.
Today, There Are New Competitors Joining The War
Brief History Of OpenOffice
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August 1999 | Sun Microsystem purchases StarDivision & inherits
StarOffice
October 2000 | A version of StarOffice is released as OpenOffice.org
January 2010 | Sun Microsystems is purchased by Oracle
September 2010 | "The Document Foundation" is started by several
OpenOffice.org members who are concerned about the software's future.
January 2011 | OpenOffice 3.3 is released and so is LibreOffice 3.3, based
on OpenOffice.org 3.3
April 2011 | Oracle announces it will discontiune development of
OpenOffice.org
June 2011 | Oracle contributes OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software
Foundation.
June 2011 | LibreOffice 3.4 Released
February 2012 | LibreOffice 3.5 Released
May 2012 | Apache releases OpenOffice 3.4
August 2012 | OpenOffice 3.4.1 & LibreOffice 3.6.1 Final Released
Sources: Ryan Wagner. (August 15, 2012). OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice?. In Cybernet News. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://cybernetnews.com/openoffice-vs-libreoffice.
Release Notes. In LibreOffice. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/relase-notes/.
Product Release. In Apache OpenOffice Wiki. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://wiki.http://openoffice.org/wiki/Product_Release.
OpenOffice 3.4.1
LibreOffice 3.6.1 Final Release
"Given all of the complexity over the events
that occurred it comes as no surprise that
most of the Linux distributions are already
bundling LibreOffice with their OS releases."
~Ryan Wagner, CyberNet News
Sources: Ryan Wagner. (August 15, 2012). OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice?. In Cybernet News. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://cybernetnews.com/openoffice-vs-libreoffice.
"...there are now an estimated 25 million people worldwide using the software..."
Sources: Katherine Noyes. (October 5, 2011). As LibreOffice Turns One, a Peek Ahead at What's to Come. In PC World. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://www.pcworld.
com/article/241177/as_libreoffice_turns_one_a_peek_ahead_at_whats_to_come.html..
Writer Is The Word Processor Inside LibreOffice.
Although Feature Rich, The Interface Seems Dated
LibreOffice Is Compatible With Many File Formats
Customized Formatting and Styles Are Easy To Setup
A Number of "Wizards" Are Available To Streamline Work
As Expected, Writer Has a Built-In Spell Checker
But It Struggles With Grammar
An Array of Extensions & Templates Are Available Online
AutoCorrect Is Customizable & Can Be Turned Off
Generating a Table of Contents Is Easy & Straightforward
Mail Merge & Database Integration Are Available
Annotating a Document In Writer
Writer Easily Exports Documents as PDF Files
A Fully Portable Version of LibreOffice Is Also Available
"Over 5 million businesses have gone Google"
Sources: Customer Stories. In Google Apps For Business. Retrieved September 24, 2012, from https://www.google.com/intl/en/enterprise/apps/business/customers.
Google Docs, Google Drive & Google Apps...Oh My!
Google Docs Refers to Word Processing as a "Document"
Google Docs Provides a Clean Modern Toolbar
Convert & Download Multiple Formats
Easily Email & Convert Documents
Sharing is Simple & Straightforward
Chat With Collaborators Without Leaving The Document
Google Docs Are Accessible Anywhere You Have Internet
Formatting Is Sufficient For Most Legal Documents
Google Docs Offers Built-In Translation
Revision History For All Documents
Google Docs Considerations
● Documents Limited to 1,024,000 characters
● Uploaded documents being converted
cannot be larger than 2MB
● No Envelope Setting
● No Mail Merge
● File uploads without conversion 10GB
Sources: Google Docs Size Limits. In Google Docs Help. Retrieved September 24, 2012, from http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3760
Google Cloud Connect For Microsoft Office
Final Thoughts
Presented By:
Justan Brandt | Co-Owner of wausauIT
[email protected] | 715.203.4044 x13 | wausauit.com