LibreOffice

Every issue, all time, most people first

1. Responds slowly to input compared with Microsoft OfficeUnreviewed

   21 people since 2013, in 10 different years · 3 this year

   20102026
   • Office suite feels clunky and hard to use, with bugs and poor integration2026-09-08
   • Slow, laggy rendering on some hardware; user must tweak settings to fix it2026-04-06
   • UI is very laggy even on powerful machines2026-01-28
   Something wrong here?

2. Saving edited Word or Excel files introduces unintended formatting changesUnreviewed

   9 people since 2011, in 8 different years · 1 this year

   20102026
   • Documents from MS Office don't open or work properly, making collaboration harder every day2025-11-09
   • Formatting is lost and tables and fields become uneditable when opening Word files2025-09-08
   • Documents look different when opened in Word, making collaboration unreliable2022-09-08
   Something wrong here?

3. Simple formatting tasks require going through menu after menuUnreviewed

   6 people since 2013, in 6 different years · 1 this year

   20102026
   • Menus are a confusing maze, hard to find commands2026-07-29
   • Applying a different header style to only the first page takes many menus and workarounds2025-10-16
   • Can never find the option for simple tasks in huge menus2023-09-12
   Something wrong here?

4. Spreadsheets slow down with bigger files, unlike ExcelUnreviewed

   6 people since 2013, in 5 different years · none this year

   20102026
   • Sluggish scrolling, typing delay and slow opening of spreadsheets2023-06-03
   • Opening a 0.5MB spreadsheet with many equations is unusably slow2022-10-28
   • Spreadsheets slow down with bigger files, falling behind Excel2021-11-26
   Something wrong here?

5. CSV import offers far fewer formatting options than ExcelUnreviewed

   5 people since 2020, in 3 different years · none this year

   20102026
   • CSV import requires copy-pasting cell data from a spreadsheet, which feels weird2025-02-13
   • Everything except CSV handling is slow and unintuitive to use2025-02-13
   • CSV import is barebones, offering far fewer options to format and interpret data than Excel2024-03-23
   Something wrong here?

6. New keyboard shortcuts break familiar Excel shortcutsUnreviewed

   4 people since 2015, in 6 different years · 1 this year

   20102026
   • Buttons and layout differ from Excel, so switching is disorienting2026-01-25
   • Calc shortcuts differ from Excel, so Excel muscle memory doesn't carry over2021-02-03
   • Keyboard navigation in spreadsheets behaves unexpectedly and is annoying2020-07-10
   Something wrong here?

7. Toolbar has hundreds of icons the user cannot identifyUnreviewed

   4 people since 2012, in 4 different years · 1 this year

   20102026
   • Icons look alike, so the user can't find the command they want2026-09-18
   • Toolbar has hundreds of random icons the user can't identify2023-08-23
   • Icons are hard to tell apart and grouping features are hard to find2020-01-27
   Something wrong here?

8. Menu-based interface is hard for users accustomed to the ribbonUnreviewed

   4 people since 2016, in 4 different years · 1 this year

   20102026
   • Mixed old and new menu styles make the interface an unintelligible mess2026-08-26
   • Menu customization is clunky and lacks documentation, making it hard to tailor2020-07-10
   • Menu and modal-heavy interface is hard for modern users to navigate and teach2018-05-31
   Something wrong here?

9. Ribbon makes commands hard to findUnreviewed

   4 people since 2018, in 3 different years · none this year

   20102026
   • UI stuck in the 2000s; lacks the Ribbon layout users know2024-04-04
   • Ribbon is always exactly wrong, hard to find commands in it2020-07-10
   • Hard to find options; ribbon lacks logic for where features are2020-07-10
   Something wrong here?

10. Equation editor is harder to use than Microsoft's and MathTypeUnreviewed

    3 people since 2022, in 3 different years · none this year

    20102026
    • Equation editor is harder to use than Microsoft's and MathType2025-08-27
    • Equation editor is bizarre, quasi-TeX and hard to use2024-04-04
    • Math operators and symbols are hard to discover, making the equation editor unusable2022-07-22
    Something wrong here?

11. Features often fail to work as expected, and slides fail to projectUnreviewed

    3 people since 2015, in 3 different years · none this year

    20102026
    • Imported templates show random bugs, like slides refusing to show slide numbers, hard to reproduce2025-06-12
    • Basic master slide handling is so poor the presentation app feels unusable2023-08-22
    • Almost nothing works as expected, crashes often, slides fail to project2015-08-13
    Something wrong here?

12. Tables leave an unnecessary blank page when printedUnreviewed

    3 people since 2012, in 3 different years · 1 this year

    20102026
    • Table cells and rows won't keep their set size, pages break unexpectedly, and printed text is clipped2026-04-10
    • Tables leave an unnecessary trailing blank page when printed2020-10-05
    • Only the first page of a table split across pages is displayed2012-03-27
    Something wrong here?

13. Hard to make documents look professional, with a dated designUnreviewed

    3 people since 2018, in 3 different years · none this year

    20102026
    • Hard to make documents look professional and nice; feels stuck in 20042025-06-11
    • Hard to format documents; basic UX and UI experience is confusing and painful2019-08-13
    • Hard to make documents look attractive; Impress is unimpressive2018-06-16
    Something wrong here?

14. Scrolling behaves oddlyUnreviewed

    3 people since 2020, in 3 different years · none this year

    20102026
    • Scrolling only moves by column and isn't smooth, making it hard to use2025-02-13
    • Scrolling behaves oddly and frustrates the user2023-11-02
    • Scroll bar doesn't behave sensibly, and the interface feels clumsy and slow2020-07-10
    Something wrong here?

15. Dialog boxes cannot be resized, cutting off important informationUnreviewed

    3 people since 2013, in 2 different years · none this year

    20102026
    • Dialog boxes can't be resized, so important information is cut off and unusable2018-02-26
    • Tables behave surprisingly when resized, and dialog fields don't redraw properly2013-06-05
    • Dialog buttons are inconsistent across dialogs, needing organization and consistency work2013-02-17
    Something wrong here?

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