Finally, an alternative to Microsoft…
Just about every computer, in every office and home, has a copy of Microsoft Office running on it – wether it be legal or bootleg. For many this is the quintessential software suite for day-to-day word processing and spreadsheets. But its expensive to buy and upgrade, non user-friendly and, at times, can also be the most infuriating software known to man.
For anyone who’s as fed up with Microsoft products as I am, there is hope.
I discovered, not a stiff drink at the end of every Microsoft Office session, but a really well built and well designed open source office suite called OpenOffice. Its free to download, works on practically every computer platform available and is fully compatible with all existing Microsoft Office documents.
OpenOffice packages include Writer (Word), Calc (Excel), Impress (PowerPoint), plus Draw (drawing package), Base (for database creation), and Math (for creating and resolving mathematical formulae).
What they say…
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
What I say…
It works, is available on just about any computer platform and its totally free – what more is there to say except download it now!