My simplest recomendation is to keep a stable and a 'bleeding edge' version. That way you can use a stable for really long, complex documents and a bleeding edge for simpler documents.
I did something like that for my browsers as well as having different flavors. Event today I keep Caligra, AbiWord and AOO Writer for handling my documents. The freedom of free software allows you to expand the offering. Currently I look at abiword and gnumerics and they have evolved from the last time I used them. Also OpenOffice.org 3.2 which was rock solid was a very good alternative still available. http://www.openoffice.org/download/legacy/index.html If you think about it, Microsoft has a 3 years cycle for MSO, so in theory you will be doing the same waiting on MSO 2015/6. OpenOffice.org has a 6/8 month cycle and major releases. Saying all that, I would also invite you to participate on our QA efforts generating good bug reports so we can isolate these bugs, more information at http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-qa.html On 10/5/13, Bob Lee <leer...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been using Open Office for my personal use for years. Ever since > "upgrading" to 4.0, I've been having more problems with the program > randomly crashing than all of the years before. And each time it crashes, > I have to rebuild half the data and all of the formatting because the > recovery function is an absolute joke. > > I've tried using Libre Office, but I don't like how they handled certain > functions. I've just upgraded to OO 4.01, but the next time this damn > thing crashed I'm uninstalling it and I'll find something else to use, even > if that means having to shell out money for MSOffice. > > Its just so sad to see what this once great open source product has become. > > Bob Lee > Merrimack, NH > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
