Can’t Afford Microsoft Office Suite?
Now I know this product isn’t new, but I feel the need to have it on this blog. Everyone relies on Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. to complete day to day tasks at home and at work. At least it is the most common suite that is used and is simply the one that most of our work is compatible with. I’ve used it for a decade now and find that like anything else with computers the Microsoft products are so widespread it is hard to even consider using anything else.
Why do I bring this up? Well I talk to other bloggers that use various blogging platforms as well as those who publish articles online and find that many times they just have issues with the platforms of choice checking simple things like word counts, grammar, and spelling. Generally I just suggest that they write their articles in Word and then transfer them into their blog box so that they are up to code. The more I talk to people the more I realize that they don’t have a word processing program , or any office software whatsoever. I’m not about to recommend they run out and drop a few hundred dollars on an office suite, so what is their option?
Open Office is their option. It is virtually identical to Microsoft Office in function and it is completely compatible with other office suites. The kicker is that it is completely FREE. It is also open source and available to distribute.
Take a look at the Product Description:
OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS.
Available in over 65 supported languages with more being constantly added by the community, OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), Windows, Mac OS X (X11), and numerous other platforms. Our porting page lists the platforms (ports) that OpenOffice.org can run on.
Written in C++ and with documented APIs licensed under the LGPL open-source license, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to benefit from the source. And, because the native file format for OpenOffice.org is the vendor-independent OpenDocument open standard, interoperability is easy, making future development and adoption more certain.
Get Open Office:
Open Office
So really this is one of those things like e-mail, or instant messaging that everyone needs. There was always one of them you had to pay for, but now you do not. So I decided just to at least mention it here for all those that need an office suite, but don’t have the cash to buy one.
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And now since you wrote this post they have released an updated version. Just do a search on Open Office.org
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Microsoft Office Suite
The best tool.