Still free, and still with easy to use features, and with my favourite native port-to-PDF capability, OpenOffice is still an amazing Office application, and my application of choice for word processing, spreadsheet and presentation functionality. All FREE!
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There are few reasons that I can think of that a personal user, or SOHO user, would want to buy Microsoft Office, especially considering the full features that are offered in the OpenOffice suite. I have used it in both Linux and Windows and have found it to be robust, and have had little cause to miss or pine after MS Office.
Bravo to the OpenOffice team!
The use of extensions to increase the flexibility of OpenOffice continues the theme of extension and plugin use that is utilised by a number of open source programs, including Firefox and Thunderbird.
My name is Stephanie Krishnan and I'm passionate about the way that open source software and its community can help small businesses and individuals with their productivity and lives. One of the biggest arguments I get from business owners, however, is lack of support options. I decided to put together my own support blog to help people be productive at various levels with one of my favourite open source alternatives: OpenOffice.org! I do this through tutorials, downloadable templates and answers to questions from readers!
