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Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc.

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ginjirou

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Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 13, 2006 03:12

Free office suite
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Mission Statement

To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.

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.

Download it here (FREE!):
http://www.openoffice.org/

< Message edited by ginjirou -- 12 Oct 06 19:27:26 >

locopuyo Total Posts : 3138 Reward points : 41070 Joined: Jan 10, 2005 Location: Minneapolis	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 13, 2006 05:15 I' ve been using this for a few years, the only disadvantage is it doesn' t have the grammar check ms word does. "If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Evil Man Total Posts : 1441 Reward points : 0 Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Location: Middle of nowhere	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 13, 2006 10:54 I guess you' d need grammar check since you' re a 13 year old in high school. And I guess you use this free POS because you' re a jobless 13 year old. LOL @ this little kid.

KongRudi Total Posts : 220 Reward points : 8255 Joined: Oct 01, 2006	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 13, 2006 11:52 It' s a great program, I' ve been using it too.. :)

Eddie_the_Hated Total Posts : 8015 Reward points : 15335 Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Wayne, MI	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 14, 2006 04:13 It' s good software, but my entire OS was free, (MS Office included) so it' s not a big deal to me.

Evil Man Total Posts : 1441 Reward points : 0 Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Location: Middle of nowhere	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 14, 2006 12:40 In other words you' re a pirate.

Eddie_the_Hated Total Posts : 8015 Reward points : 15335 Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Wayne, MI	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 17, 2006 10:22 In other words you' re a pirate. How do you know I didn' t get it from a friend? I' m not a huge fan of pirating, I buy from people I want to support, but it is tempting to don a peg leg, and do a little pirate dance.

Evil Man Total Posts : 1441 Reward points : 0 Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Location: Middle of nowhere	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 17, 2006 14:47 Getting it from a friend is still illegal.

ginjirou Total Posts : 4836 Reward points : 16545 Joined: Jul 16, 2005 Location: Sweden	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 17, 2006 18:25 If you want to save hundreds of dollars or simply hate Microsoft and want to avoid doing illegal stuff then this Open Office is for you. I got MS office with my PC offer though so I don' t really need Open Office but I like to check out different products.

Eddie_the_Hated Total Posts : 8015 Reward points : 15335 Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Wayne, MI	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 18, 2006 04:52 Getting it from a friend is still illegal. You mean, as in, my freind got it from a family member for Xmax, but he runs a Mac, so he gave it to me. Are gifts now illegal?

Evil Man Total Posts : 1441 Reward points : 0 Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Location: Middle of nowhere	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 18, 2006 05:10 Yeah, I' m sure your friend would just hand that over to you. < Message edited by Evil Man -- 17 Oct 06 21:11:22 >

Eddie_the_Hated Total Posts : 8015 Reward points : 15335 Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Wayne, MI	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 18, 2006 06:20 Um, the fact that he' s a hardcore Mac fan might have something to do with it. Anyways, we' re arguing over how I got one of my OS' s, that' s pretty lame. < Message edited by Eddie_the_Hated -- 17 Oct 06 22:20:48 >

ginjirou Total Posts : 4836 Reward points : 16545 Joined: Jul 16, 2005 Location: Sweden	RE: Open Office (same as Microsoft Office but FREE!) -Word, Excel, etc. - Oct 18, 2006 18:44 Why do you guys even bother with each other?