I don’t like the Ribbon - which I consider to be a proprietary vendor lock-in tool not worth getting “addicted” to - and whenever I need to get work done quickly and efficiently using MS Office 2007+ on someone else’s computer, I install UbitMenu. Advanced features are not always handled in quite the same way.įull Disclosure: I used to be a fairly advanced user of pre-2007 Word and Excel but switched from MS Office to LibreOffice three or four years ago, in anticipation of jumping ship from Windows to Linux. For more *advanced features*, there can be a definite learning curve … just as there was in MS Office.
Speaking only to Writer (~Word) and Calc (~Excel), the transition from MS Office to LO for *basic features* is easy - maybe even effortless. Moreover, many keyboard shortcuts are exactly the same. (LibreOffice has been working on an optional, vaguely ribbon-like “NotebookBar” interface for a couple/few years, but I don’t know how far along the project has come.)Īnyone who is familiar with traditional menu-and-toolbar interfaces - especially users who cut their teeth on pre-2007 Microsoft Office - shouldn’t have much trouble finding the commands they are looking for in LibreOffice. MS Office has used a “ribbon” interface since Office 2007, and LibreOffice uses a traditional menu-and-toolbar interface.
