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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 24, 2005
- Total Downloads: 1,769,760
- Downloads last week: 13,741
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1152 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
An increasingly 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 complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.
The interface is similar to that of MS Office users, 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. OpenOffice.org lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office, PDF, HTML, and XML. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications. We were pleased to find that stability has improved too. No doubt about it, 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. OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 is primarily a bug-fix release with no new feautes.
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- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 1152 votes
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13 out of 24 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2
"Excellent MS Office alternative!!"
Pros: It has a lot of features. It supports more extensions than MS Office, and is really compatible with it. An old MS Office user won't have problems with this. Support is extremely great! There are lots of forums open for this suite too. The suite is really complete.. what more could you ask for? It's free, it's open-source, it's ready to use, and it's excellent! The word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tool is close to MS Office.. and has a slight possibility to be better. Try this now!!
Cons: Clearing records and adding extensions aren't really that easy.. you have to check instructions over and over again. MS Office is much more user-friendly.. but this will do great.
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14 out of 25 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2
"Excellent freeware alternative to Microsoft Office, but MS Office is still bette"
Pros: Its free.
It includes all the programs you would normally find with MS Office...Word, Excel, Access, etc.
I think there is a deeper level of customization with this over MS Office.
Cons: It might be free, but MS Office is still better. MS Office feels better and supports more stuff that people usually put into documents. Open Office has a long ways to go in my opinion.
Pretty big download size.
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2
Pros: This is a very good free program. It has some features that Microsoft Office does not. Best of all it is free. All of the software on my computer is either free or it came with it and it works fine. Better interface easier to use than the other versions.
Cons: A little more difficult to use than Microsoft Office. I wish it had a e-mail program but no big deal.
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2
Pros: I'm a long-time MS Office user, and even I can't find much to fault in OpenOffice 2.0. The interface is improved over previous versions, a database app has been added, and its MS Office file filters are good enough for it to read and write Office documents with few or no problems. On top of that, it exports any file to PDF, and by default saves files in the OASIS OpenDocument Format that is also open-source and free from vendor patents.
OOo is just as configurable as MS Office, maybe even more so. Not only can the user pick and choose the applications to install, he can choose which file formats to save in, how much memory to allocate, etc. For lazier users (like me) the default installation works great with no user intervention.
I've got a legit copy of MS Office 2003 Pro, but I honestly can't justify the price difference anymore. OpenOffice does a lot, does it well, and does it for free.
Cons: OOo doesn't include a calendar/email client (like MS Office Outlook), but that's a minor quibble. (Mozilla Thunderbird and Sunbird will take care of that task, and they're free, too.)
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2
"How much more can you ask for? The best."
Pros: Full featured office suite competing against Microsoft Office. Has everything that an average or even an advanced computer users would need. Why pay hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Office when you don't have to pay for anything. It includes a Word processor, Presentation software, excel and many more. Even includes exporting files to PDF for publishing it to the web. Many many more features not found in Microsoft Office. best of all, it's free.
Cons: It's a little bit slow on slow computers but i guess it's the amount of functions in the program that makes it slow but overall a high quality piece of software.
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