

(See this article if you want more background info about the split.) IMO LibreOffice may be a better good choice than OpenOffice because development of OpenOffice has slowed, almost halted, since LibreOffice was forked and most developers jumped ship. For example, this shows LibreOffice 6.0.2: For example, even though set as the default for documents, this is what shows up:īy comparison, LibreOffice has been compatible with Windows 10 since version 5.

If you need further help installing LibreOffice on Windows 10, please see Ask LibreOffice.It looks like OpenOffice 4.1.5 doesn't really understand Windows 10. In addition, LibreOffice lets you store documents in the superior OpenDocument standard document format, which is not affected by the same security issues as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files (according to security specialists Symantec, Kaspersky and Barracuda Networks, between 48% and 70% of malware attacks are based on Microsoft Office files). If you have some technical knowledge, you can switch out of “S mode” and get full control back over your computer, as described here – then you can install the applications you want.You can stay in “S mode” and install LibreOffice Vanilla from the Windows Store – this version is made by one of our partners, and funds from the purchase price help to improve LibreOffice on Windows.If you’re running Windows 10 in “S mode” but can’t install LibreOffice, here are some options: There are at least 75 million LibreOffice users who have installed the software on Windows 10 without any security or performance issues, so we would like to offer the same possibility to Windows 10 “S mode” users. Certain versions of Microsoft Windows include “S mode” (also known as “Windows 10 S” or “Windows 10S”), which limits the range of software that users can install, and imposes other restrictions.
