Week 5

This lis the hyperlink to my PDF file 

C:\Users\dcnjr_000\OneDrive\Documents\EDM 510 WEEK 5.odt

The software that I chose to download on to my computer was Libre Office. To download this software it was very simple to do and took only a couple minutes. The only confusing part on downloading Libre Office is that it kept bringing me to page where it asked the users to donate money to their software company. The first difference that I noticed immediately between Libre Office and Microsoft Word is that Libre is free to download and Microsoft Office you have to pay for. These two software's are very similar but are very different at the same time. Libre lacks the accuracy on spell check that Microsoft Word contains in their software. Libre offers a third party plug ins such as Language Tool that can be use as a correct auto spell checker. There are many features that Libre comes with such as their bundle package which includes math, writer, base, calc, and even office all for free. Microsoft does offer a package deal but it cost anywhere from $70 to $100. A feature that I like about Libre is that it has a quick push button on its home screen to export documents to PDF where Microsoft does not have that quick push button on its home screen.

Libre Writer and Microsoft Word to the users that do not use Word or Writer much look very similar on overall presentation and format. These two software's practically work the same as each other and have majority all of the same features as each other. Since these two programs are so similar there many features that I use on both such as highlighter, image insert, auto save, page alignment, plus many more. Libre Office and Microsoft Office are both great programs but since Libre is free it has more of an impact on my decision of using it over Microsoft if I had choose one.