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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- Date added: February 11, 2010
- Total Downloads: 2,477,448
- Downloads last week: 18,482
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1334 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.
The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find almost everything they're used to: templates, collaborative features (versions, recording changes), macros, and even a programming language. OOo, as it's known, lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, and XML. It can also import files from those formats, as well as WordPerfect and others. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications.
The latest versions of OpenOffice have seen a spurt of growth in the extensions available for the program. These include templates for professional writers, an export tool for bidirectional functionality with Google Docs, blog publishing, and others. Blog publishing assistance especially strikes us as a natural area for word processing to grow toward.
We were pleased to find that stability has improved too. No doubt about it, the multilingual and crossplatform OpenOffice.org is a compelling option for anyone in search of an alternative office suite.
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Publisher's description
From OpenOffice.org :OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to those of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. Localizations of OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages, with more being constantly added by the community. OpenOffice.org runs on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), and Windows. Written in C++ and with documented APIs licensed under the LGPL and SISSL open-source protocols, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to benefit from the source.
What's new in this version:
- Improved startup speed
- Support for Microsoft Office 2007 files
- Encryption support for Microsoft Word 97, 2000, XP files
- Database forms now support zooming
- Impress supports comments
- Import pivot tables from Microsoft Excel 2007 documents
- Improved sort, cell merging, and complex copy and paste features in Calc
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 1334 votes
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Version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
Pros: What I like about this product? Everything. From secretarial experience (many years) this suite is refreshing. I used OO first, off and on a couple of years, then switched to Oxygen O Prof and have been waiting for the new 3.2
Cons: There is nothing that I can state. With everything there is a learning curve. Makes it interesting.
Summary: Please give this suite a try. This is a fantastic piece of software and gives MS Office Suite a run for its money. Not many people can afford the prices MS charges. Not that their software is bad, its just this suite can give them a run for the m... read more >>
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Version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
Pros: Can do the same as MS office for free! openoffice writer is very good word alternative
Cons: no problems so far
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Version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
"Perfect option to EVIL MICROSOFT"
Pros: Has everything Microsoft office has at the best value!!
Cons: Haven't poked around much so cannot say much about cons. Although, it has some trouble recognizing .docx files. .docx some how didn't get recognized automatically (I had to right click on it and select a program from which they can open).
Summary: good product don't waste money on microsoft
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Version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
Pros: PODEROSO y muy amigable
Cons: NADA EN CONTRA
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Version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
"Fantastic. Gives Microsoft a run for there money."
Pros: If you think that Microsoft Office is WAY TOO PRICEY, like I do..Defiantly, get this product. You will be pleasantly satisfied.
Cons: I don't care about the download tim. So, none.
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