If you try to launch even the latest version (4.1.11) of Apache OpenOffice under macOS Big Sur (11), and maybe even Catalina (10.15), macOS will display an alert saying 'OpenOffice.app cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified'.

And, even worse, if you save the document in OpenOffice's format (.odt), Word can't open the file. doc format, the new file won't have any of these undesired font changes. docx file in Microsoft Word, and save it as. This problem is at least partly a flaw specific to OpenOffice, because if you open the same.

doc-for instance, Palatino gets changed to Times New Roman, 10 point Helvetica remains Helvetica, but it gets changed to 10 point and who knows what else. docx files, but also even some simple formatting options, like the font, font size, etc. doc, but that format doesn't save some of the newer Microsoft Word formatting options you can choose for. docx format, since Microsoft has a copyright on the format-instead, OpenOffice can save files as. docx files, and you can edit them just fine, when it comes time to save your changes, you can't save the file in.

Though OpenOffice's Microsoft Word emulator can open.

Here's a couple deal-breakers against using OpenOffice, at least its current version (4.1.11):

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