NeoOffice Performance Comparison

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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:

FeatureNeoOfficeOpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta for MacMS Office 2008 for Mac
General:
Price (standard edition)$5.00 suggested donation$0.00$399.95
Time to active cursor.xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Second testxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Third testxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Fourth testxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Next Group of tests
Onexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Twoxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Threexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Fourxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Writer (word processor):
A logical style system that does not invent styles based on your layout choicesImage:check.pngImage:redX.png
Functional bullet/list numberingImage:check.pngImage:redX.png
The ability to import WordPerfect documents (thanks to the libwpd project)Image:check.pngImage:redX.png
The ability to import Microsoft Works word processing documents (thanks to the libwps and ooo-build projects)Image:check.png††Image:redX.png
Calc (spreadsheet):
More conditional layout options for cellsImage:check.pngImage:redX.png
Style-enabled layout system for text and cellsImage:check.pngImage:redX.png
Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets (thanks to the ooo-build project)Image:check.pngImage:redX.png‡‡
Support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros (thanks to the ooo-build project)Image:check.png††Image:redX.png
Impress (presentation):
The ability to export to Flash animationImage:check.pngImage:redX.png
Superior (3D) font art possibilities.Image:check.pngImage:redX.png
Support for playing QuickTime-supported audio and videoImage:check.png***Image:check.png
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]).

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