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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: March 29, 2007
- 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.
Version 2.2 resolves security issues and includes enhanced text display, better support for Pivot Tables in Calc, and Several key improvements in Base.
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Version 2.2 resolves security issues and includes enhanced text display, better support for Pivot Tables in Calc, and Several key improvements in Base.
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User reviews of OpenOffice.org 2.2
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 1152 votes
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50 out of 56 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2
Pros: Works just as well as MS Office. Includes custom installation. MS Office goes from between $149 to $699.27. Open Office goes from between $0 to $0.
Cons: Not as well as known as MS Office. This leads to companies and teachers insisting on the use of MS Office, because they don't know there's an alternative.
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28 out of 33 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2
Pros: It's legal.
It's free.
It's great.!
Saving the files as MS Office fileformats and there is no compability problems.
I also used MS Office, untill one year ago, when i desided to try out OOo 2.0.
Now they have come to OOo 2.2, and its better and more secure then ever...!
Why use a month's pay on MS Office, when OOo is completly free..?
It even makes PDF files...
Cons: none.?
I heard a teatcher complain about the students delivering homework in OOo format, she only had MS Office...
DONT MAKE THE STUDENTS PAY FOR MS OFFICE...
Make them save as MS Office fileformat, or install OOo yourself, after all, its free...
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2
Pros: I did not know that there is a so good alternative to Microsoft Office and i am very impressed about this software package. It offers all functions i need. It can be used just as easily as MS Office (Perhaps even better). And the best ... it is absoluty free. Top!!!
Cons: Nothing.
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14 out of 21 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2
"OpenOffice is Great! Thanks!"
Pros: I saved a lot of money since I used this coz its FREE!
I'm using this office for almost six months since its version 2.0 and found no dismay!
The best alternative to MS Office! You can do basic office found in MS Office like calc:excel, writer:word and impress:power point
Easily I can export my document into PDF...Great!
Multiple format supported compare to MS OFFICE! It supports one of my favourite document format...the high compressed format .pdb/prc. Really saves memory.
When typing, it supports automatic/predictive text input in English.
Why spend money for LUXURIOUS OFFICE APPS if you can download this for FREE!
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20 out of 24 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2
"Fantasic, esp for the price."
Pros: I can't think of any essential function of Office that this suite doesn't match. I have used it for nearly two years and it has never let me down or caused any compatibility problems. I have Office at work and can easily work from home using OpenOffice.
Cons: A little slow opening word files the first time you've used them in awhile, but so what? A sip of coffee later and you're just as good to go. An add on that's an equally good version of Outlook would be nice too.
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