LibreOffice and OpenOffice have a few things in common. So, LibreOffice was created as a replacement for .īut, now that OpenOffice still exists and is actively maintained, why should you choose LibreOffice? Isn’t OpenOffice good enough? What are the similarities between them? What’s Common in LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice? When Apache started maintaining it, the name of the office suite was tweaked to “OpenOffice” or Apache OpenOffice.ĭuring this transition period, The Document Foundation forked to create LibreOffice, fearing that Oracle would discontinue the project. Later, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and eventually ditched while submitting the code base to Apache. It was introduced as an open-source version of StarOffice (acquired by them initially) to compete with Microsoft Office. ppt files but the compatibility is very good and works in most cases, even for complex was a project developed by Sun Microsystems. Notice that there is no 100% compatibility when exporting OpenOffice presentations to. In order to save the PPT file back to PowerPoint from OpenOffice, go to File menu and Save as in OpenOffice Impress and in the dialog that comes up choose “Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (*.ppt) as the file type. ppt if you need to get the PowerPoint back. If you want to save the file as an Impress file, choose OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) as the File Type. The PowerPoint file can now be edited and saved as an Impress file (.odp) or a PowerPoint file. This method can help you to use our free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds from in OpenOffice.

Navigate to the PowerPoint file, select it, and click Open.Under File type, choose All files (*.*) or Presentations or Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP from the drop-down list.In, choose File > Open from the menu bar.pptx) and you need to open or edit it in LibreOffice or OpenOffice Impress, then here is how to do it. If you get a file from someone in PowerPoint format (usually.

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