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NeoOffice Performance Comparison
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| '''N.B.''' ''This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 <!--(a legacy version of NeoOffice)--> to OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta and Microsoft Office 2004 <!--(and Microsoft Office 2008)-->.'' | '''N.B.''' ''This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 <!--(a legacy version of NeoOffice)--> to OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta and Microsoft Office 2004 <!--(and Microsoft Office 2008)-->.'' | ||
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| - | The advantages of NeoOffice over other office suites, particularly Microsoft's, are legion. Most importantly, NeoOffice is free and open source software, relieving you of costly licensing fees. There is also a strong community support forum that is frequented by the developers at http://trinity.neooffice.org/ <!-- www.trinity.org is Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington DC --> | ||
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| - | At the same time, other office suites also contain features missing in NeoOffice which may be indispensable to your work, and your purchase of commercial software generally assures the software has passed professional quality assurance and typically entitles you to professional technical support. | ||
| This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked [[#Other Comparisons|below]]. | This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked [[#Other Comparisons|below]]. | ||
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| Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 2.2.4 has features that outshine Microsoft Office: | Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 2.2.4 has features that outshine Microsoft Office: | ||
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| - | <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Feature</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>MS Office 2008 for Mac</th></tr> | + | <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Feature</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta for Mac</th><th>MS Office 2008 for Mac</th></tr> |
| - | <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan=" | + | <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">General:</th></tr> |
| - | <tr><td>Price (standard edition)</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$399.95</td></tr> | + | <tr><td>Price (standard edition)</td><td align="center">$5.00 suggested donation</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$399.95</td></tr> |
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| - | <tr {{BlueRow}}><td> | + | <tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Time to active cursor.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> |
| - | + | <tr><td>Second test</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> | |
| - | + | <tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Third test</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> | |
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| <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Writer (word processor):</th></tr> | <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Writer (word processor):</th></tr> | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 8 August 2008
Last updated: 08 August 2008
N.B. Initial editing is still in progress
N.B. This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 to OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta and Microsoft Office 2004 .
This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked below.
NeoOffice vs. vs. OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office
Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 2.2.4 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:
| Feature | NeoOffice | OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta for Mac | MS Office 2008 for Mac |
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| General: | |||
| Price (standard edition) | $5.00 suggested donation | $0.00 | $399.95 |
| Time to active cursor. | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Second test | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Third test | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Fourth test | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Next Group of tests | |||
| One | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Two | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Three | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Four | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Writer (word processor): | |||
| A logical style system that does not invent styles based on your layout choices |  |  | |
| Functional bullet/list numbering | | | |
| The ability to import WordPerfect documents (thanks to the libwpd project) | | | |
| The ability to import Microsoft Works word processing documents (thanks to the libwps and ooo-build projects) | ††| | |
| Calc (spreadsheet): | |||
| More conditional layout options for cells | | | |
| Style-enabled layout system for text and cells | | | |
| Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets (thanks to the ooo-build project) | | ‡‡ | |
| Support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros (thanks to the ooo-build project) | ††| | |
| Impress (presentation): | |||
| The ability to export to Flash animation | | | |
| Superior (3D) font art possibilities. | | | |
| Support for playing QuickTime-supported audio and video | *** | | |
| Notes: | |||
| * First note. | |||
| †second note. | |||
| ‡ Third note. | |||
Other Comparisons
Additional performance (and feature) comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at Mellel: Competitive Comparison (redlers.com; compares Mellel 2.0 with Microsoft Office 2004, OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, and Nisus Writer Express 2.7, but not NeoOffice) and Word-Alternativen: Der Test (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord 2.4.5, Mellel 2.2.7, NeoOffice 2.2.1, Nisus Writer Pro 1.0, and Apple's Pages 3.0 [de]).
