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:

Feature	NeoOffice	OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta for Mac	MS Office 2008 for Mac
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)	†â€
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)	†â€
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]).