I'm coming to this discussion late, but I wasn't here when it was fresh. If anyone is still interested, I may have something to offer.
I currently have on this computer Word 2003, Word 2016, and Libre Office version ___ (either the latest version, or pretty close to it). I keep Libre Office because I have a friend in Greece who uses it, so I try to keep pace with him "just because." And I keep Word 2003 because I prefer the classic menu to the bloody awful "ribbon" menu system Microsoft foisted off on us with Office 2007. But I won't be getting a newer version of Microsoft Office, because it's too expensive for retired folks -- and I won't become a slave to the subscription model.
But there are more office suites in the freeware universe than Libre office (and its sibling, Open Office). Libre Office, to me, is unusable. It's about as slow as molasses in January, and that's on a fairly new desktop computer with 8 GB or RAM and a solid state drive. Some of its operational features are clunky in the extreme, as well.
It doesn't include a database, so not a complete replacement for Microsoft Office Pro or Libre Office, but there is a very good office suite out of Germany by a company named SoftMaker. It includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations program. It can be set to save files in either Microsoft .DOCX or Libre Office .ODT format. It also gives you a choice between a classic menu and a "ribbon" menu.
The paid version is SoftMaker office, but they also offer a free version called FreeOffice, which includes most of the functionality of the paid version. There is free tech support through a use forum, which is monitored by the staff regularly. I have FreeOffice on several computers, and the Android version on a Samsung tablet. For those who prefer to work in a regular word processor and who find Libre Office to be too slow and/or too clunky and counter-intuitive, I respectfully suggest giving FreeOffice a look.
https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download
Did I mention that FreeOffice is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux?
On that same page, if you scroll down you can also download their FREE PDF editor program.