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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: June 25, 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 1195 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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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 2.2.1 is a bug-fixing release.
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Version 2.2.1 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 1195 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
"MS Office Without The Expense"
Pros: It has all of the important features that MS Office has. Open Office can display documents created in MS Office (.doc) and can save a document such that it can be displayed in MS Office. Of course there's the benefit everyone knows: IT'S FREE!!!
Cons: Doesn't have some of the extra, but nonessential, features that MS Office (especially Office 2007) has. This isn't important when compared to the money saved.
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
"A must have for anyone who can't afford Microsoft's version"
Pros: I love this program. A great alternative to Microsoft Office. I remember a few years ago when rumors circulated that OpenOffice would go commercial and start charging for the program. I am glad that those were only rumors.
Cons: no email client, ....go download thunderbird if you need an excellent free one!
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
"Great on Linux, does not work on my Windows"
Pros: i have used previous versions of Open Office that have worked fine without a hitch. i like that it is much like that of MS Office, but better yet FREE. i want to be more positive about this product, but it will not allow me to some of the most basic editing functions.
Cons: Other than it does not work right on my windows machine, i think it is a great product and i am sure this issue will be resolved in a future issue for me. It works fine in Linux for me.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
"Fantastic free word processor"
Pros: It does almost everything MSWord does.
Cons: Does NOT have a French dictionary
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org 2.2.1
Pros: Yes, MSOffice has more and more functions and tools, but I honestly don't need all of them, I used only to write some letters, some rats, to make shopping list ecc. OpenOffice is enought for me
Cons: It's like MSOffice 95
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