OpenOffice – Free Office Software Suite
FREE OFFICE SOFTWARE SUITE
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
GREAT SOFTWARE
Great Software requires great people. OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years’ continuous high quality software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, OpenOffice.org 3 has a consistency and a quality that is world class. Its open-source development model means there are no secrets.
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EASY-TO-USE
Easy-to-use Easy to choose, easy to install, easy to learn – OpenOffice.org 3 is the easy choice for an office software suite. OpenOffice.org 3 is suitable for complete beginners, but if you have used any other office software, that’s ok too. OpenOffice.org 3 will make full use of what you already know – through familiar screens and menus – and also what you have – by reading existing files with no retyping.
OpenOffice.org 3 is free software. That means you are free to download it, free to install it on as many PCs as you like.
Difference Between the Versions of MS Office 2007
Microsoft Office Home and Student
Microsoft Office Home and Student is the basic version of Microsoft Office 2007. It contains Microsoft Word, a word processor; Microsoft PowerPoint, a presentation program; Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet application; and Microsoft OneNote, a digital notebook.
Microsoft Office Standard
Microsoft Office Standard, unlike Home and Student, includes Microsoft Outlook, a personal information manager. It is a tool used to record, track and manage certain types of personal information such as documents, Web pages and email. But unlike Home and Student, Standard does not have OneNote.
Microsoft Small Business
Microsoft Office Small Business has the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook applications. It also has a Business Contact Manager included with Outlook.
Microsoft Office Professional
Microsoft Office Professional has the same applications as its Small Business counterpart.
Microsoft Office Ultimate
Microsoft Office Ultimate is the top-of-the-line version of the productivity suite. It has the Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Outlook (with Business Contact Manager) applications.