Open Office was discontinued and abandoned by its support community nearly 9 years ago. That was the last update so using it certainly involves security risks that won't ever be patched.

Libre Office came from a branch of Open and is current and safe. An alternative is Google Docs and its accompanying other capabilities.

Apache OpenOffice appears to be available again, and it is what I use. I put it on my laptop a few months ago.

Macfee stopped a virus while I was trying to download the open office. Which one is safe?

http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html

The green at the top.

I have it and use it.

Libre office is another option.

I use Libre Office and like it just fine. Much the same as Microsoft Office. I can't see paying for something I can get for free.

I was incorrect and appreciate the redirect. Serves me right for replying from memory and not checking. Having checked I remember why I switched to Libre Office for my PC without MS Office - the reborn Open Office as Apache has had a history of malware, slow bug fixes and a lack of enhancements because of a waning community. The beef against its cousin Libre Office is almost the opposite, that it's enhanced too frequently but along with that comes more timely security patching. Choose which you prefer

Google docs has worked well for me. I can access everything across all my devices, which makes it very convenient.

There's also online Microsoft Office. https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web

I use LibreOffice but mostly that's because it was included with my OS.

Apache OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice: https://www.techradar.com/news/libreoffice-vs-openoffice

"This is likely to be the biggest deciding factor for many people.
Although both LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice can open and edit native
Microsoft formats DOCX and XLSX, only LibreOffice is able to save to
these formats.

If you're going to be sharing documents with people using Microsoft Office, LibreOffice might therefore be the better choice."

That wouldn't matter to me but it might to you.

I like Google docs. I like that I can access the same document from any computer or my phone. And other people can edit it.

OpenOffice was picked up almost immediately by Apache software and I haven't seen any reputable source show that there's malware in it. Apache was a very reputable company and I'm skeptical of any claims against them. I've used OO since probably the 90s? Never a problem. In fact, there's certain uses I prefer using it to MS Office. Used it for years in my businesses, would include it when I sold new computers. I've tried Libre Office, and it's OK, don't see any advantage to it so I stick with the software I'm used to.

I'm not sure if it's even around anymore but if you're just looking for something for .RTF, Abiword was a great lightweight word processor and I used that a lot but haven't tried it for years now.

This is all good to know. I use Open Office too. Are there upgrades to catch up with, Cynic, or just continue using it as is?