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-'''N.B. Initial editing is still in progress <!--(using NeoOffice_2.2.4_Feature_Comparison as a base)-->'''+
-'''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)-->.''+This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with 2 comparable office suites - Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice - to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software.
-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 -->+=== NeoOffice 2015.4 vs. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 vs. LibreOffice 5.0.4 ===
-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.+<table width="100%">
 + <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th>
 + <th>NeoOffice 2015.4</th>
 + <th>Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2</th>
 + <th>LibreOffice 5.0.4</th>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">General:</th></tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td>Price</td>
 + <td align="center">[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neooffice/id639210716?mt=12 Payment] of US$29.99 in Mac App Store</td>
 + <td align="center">$0.00</td>
 + <td align="center">$0.00</td>
 + </tr>
-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]].+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Launch Time:</th></tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">8 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">14 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">17 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
-=== NeoOffice vs. vs. OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office ===+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Word Processor:</th></tr>
 + <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 500,000 character document (approximately 125 pages long)</th></tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">1 second</td>
 + <td align="center">1 second</td>
 + <td align="center">1 second</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Save</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">1 second</td>
 + <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Page Preview</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">3 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Print </td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">10 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">13 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">10 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Export/Save as PDF</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">7 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
-Apart from these benefits, NeoOffice 2.2.4 has features that outshine Microsoft Office:+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Presentation:</th></tr>
-<TABLE WIDTH=100%>+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 12 slide document</th></tr>
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Feature</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>MS Office 2008 for Mac</th></tr>+ <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">General:</th></tr>+ <td colspan="5">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
-<tr><td>Price (standard edition)</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$399.95</td></tr>+ </tr>
-<!--FIXME-->+ <tr>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Runs on Intel-based Macs</td><td align="center">Natively</td><td align="center">Natively</td></tr>+ <td></td>
-<tr><td>Universal Binary (single application that works on both PPC and Intel Macs)</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr>+ <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Document contents searchable by Spotlight</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr>+ <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
-<tr><td>Type ahead word-completion (optional), similar to features found in mobile phones</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Support for magnify and swipe gestures on multi-touch trackpads</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ </tr>
-<tr><td>A logical, safe and suite-wide system for templates, so these are never accidentally updated</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Clean HTML code export (compliant with international web standards)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide</td>
-<tr><td>Support for international standard ISO 26300 OpenDocument file formats</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ </tr>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Support for Microsoft Office 2007 (OpenXML) file formats</td><td align="center">{{Y}}*</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr>+ <tr>
-<tr><td>Support for voice-dictation and similar software</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}(?)</td></tr>+ <td></td>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Unified User Interface, reducing learning time and costs</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr>+ <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
-<tr><td>Media browser, providing easy access to iLife images, sounds, and video</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}(?)</td></tr>+ <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">7 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">29 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">29 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">34 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">29 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">30 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">30 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Print </td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">20 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">20 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr {{BlueRow}}>
 + <td colspan="5">Export/Save as PDF</td>
 + </tr>
 + <tr>
 + <td></td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">3 seconds</td>
 + <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
 + </tr>
 +</table>
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Localized user interface and help files (number of languages)</td><td align="center">58†</td><td align="center">11†</td></tr>+'''Notes:'''
-<tr><td>International spelling checkers</td><td align="center">88‡</td><td align="center">12‡</td></tr>+* Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Support for text entry in non-Roman scripts including South Asian, East Asian, right-to-left and complex text layout scripts</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">Some [http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/5/1/35123D3A-8A7A-40F1-BB85-AF03D9B4E5F3/MicrosoftOffice2004forMacResourceKit.pdf#p=105]</td></tr>+* No other applications were running
 +* Machine details: Mac OS X 10.11.2 running on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini server with 4 GB of RAM
 +* Spotlight privacy was enabled for all volumes
 +* Automatic spell checking, grammar, capitalization and hyphenation were disabled
 +* Sample 500,000 character word processing document was created from a [http://www.lipsum.com Lorem Ipsum] generation site and saved as an .odt file
 +* Sample presentation document was obtained from this [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=62838#62838 post] in the Trinity forums and saved as a .ppt file
 +* All print tests were output to the Mac OS X Preview application
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Supported scripts or languages:</th></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Arabic</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Armenian</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Cyrillic</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Cherokee</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Chinese (Simplified)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Chinese (Traditional)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Devanagari &amp; Gujarati (Indic languages)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Greek</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Hebrew</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Inuktitut</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Japanese</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Korean</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Roman (Western and Eastern European languages)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Roman (Hawaiian, Northern Sami)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td align="left">Roman (Vietnamese)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Tamil</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> <!-- might want to group this with the Indic langs --> 
-<tr><td align="left">Thai</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Other</td><td align="center">Likely**</td><td align="center">Unknown</td></tr> 
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Writer (word processor):</th></tr> 
-<tr><td>A logical style system that does not invent styles based on your layout choices</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Functional bullet/list numbering</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td>The ability to import WordPerfect documents (thanks to the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/ libwpd project])</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>The ability to import Microsoft Works word processing documents (thanks to the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwps/ libwps] and [http://go-ooo.org ooo-build] projects)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}††</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
- 
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Calc (spreadsheet):</th></tr> 
-<tr><td>More conditional layout options for cells</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Style-enabled layout system for text and cells</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td>Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets (thanks to the ooo-build project)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}‡‡</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros (thanks to the ooo-build project)</td><td align="center">{{Y}}††</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
- 
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="3">Impress (presentation):</th></tr> 
-<tr><td>The ability to export to [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/ Flash] animation</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr {{BlueRow}}><td>Superior (3D) font art possibilities.</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td><td align="center">{{N}}</td></tr> 
-<tr><td>Support for playing [[More media formats in Quicktime|QuickTime-supported]] audio and video</td><td align="center">{{Y}}***</td><td align="center">{{Y}}</td></tr> 
- 
-<tr><td colspan="4">'''Notes:'''</td></tr> 
-<tr><td colspan="4">* First note.</td></tr> 
-<tr><td colspan="4">† second note.</td></tr> 
-<tr><td colspan="4">‡ Third note.</td></tr></table> 
- 
-=== Other Comparisons === 
- 
-Additional performance (and feature) comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at [http://www.redlers.com/mellelcompetitive.html 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 [http://www.apfelwiki.de/Tests/WordAlternativenTest 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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Current revision

Last updated: 4 February 2016

This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with 2 comparable office suites - Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice - to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software.

NeoOffice 2015.4 vs. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 vs. LibreOffice 5.0.4

Performance Test NeoOffice 2015.4 Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 LibreOffice 5.0.4
General:
Price Payment of US$29.99 in Mac App Store $0.00 $0.00
Launch Time:
Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)
8 seconds 14 seconds 17 seconds
Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)
4 seconds 5 seconds 6 seconds
Word Processor:
... with a 500,000 character document (approximately 125 pages long)
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
5 seconds 4 seconds 4 seconds
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application
1 second 1 second 1 second
Save
1 second 2 seconds 2 seconds
Page Preview
2 seconds 2 seconds 3 seconds
Print
10 seconds 13 seconds 10 seconds
Export/Save as PDF
6 seconds 6 seconds 7 seconds
Presentation:
... with a 12 slide document
Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
6 seconds 5 seconds 6 seconds
Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide
4 seconds 6 seconds 7 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide
29 seconds 29 seconds 34 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide
29 seconds 30 seconds 30 seconds
Print
4 seconds 20 seconds 20 seconds
Export/Save as PDF
4 seconds 3 seconds 4 seconds

Notes:

  • Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
  • No other applications were running
  • Machine details: Mac OS X 10.11.2 running on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini server with 4 GB of RAM
  • Spotlight privacy was enabled for all volumes
  • Automatic spell checking, grammar, capitalization and hyphenation were disabled
  • Sample 500,000 character word processing document was created from a Lorem Ipsum generation site and saved as an .odt file
  • Sample presentation document was obtained from this post in the Trinity forums and saved as a .ppt file
  • All print tests were output to the Mac OS X Preview application


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