OpenOffice.org 2.4 - Open Office Suite/Microsoft Office & StarOffice Alternative for Windows

List Price: $17.95 Discount Price: $0.50

Features:

• Enhanced PDF Export
• WordPerfect Filters
• New enhanced Database Frontend
• New Mail Merge Wizard
• Open Standards XML File Format (OASIS OpenDocument)

Customer Reviews:

Soon you will certainly want to have Microsoft Office...literally! [Posted on 2007-02-25]
Open Office 2 has lots of features for less money, so if you are on a budget, you will almost surely consider it. I thought that this was a good way to save some money, but I quickly found a few drawbacks, which are as follows: (1) To use any features in Base and some features in the other programs, you need a Java runtime environment, which may be difficult to acquire, Microsoft Office does not. (2) There is no Office Assistant included in Open Office, which in Microsoft Office 97-2003 provided user-friendly, graphical help, even with a dash of humor and fun. (3) Unlike Microsoft Office XP Professional Special Edition, which also includes a free mouse, Open Office has no Outlook, Publisher, or FrontPage! It does have Draw, though, the "equivalent" of Visio, although Visio is much better, partly because Visio has more templates. It also has an "XML form document" template that opens in Writer (this template is "comparable" to InfoPath). (4) There are almost no templates that are included in OpenOffice. (5) Microsoft Equation 3, included with Microsoft Office 2002/XP/2003 and later, maybe even earlier, is a bit better tool than Math for equations, so if you frequently include equations in your documents, consider changing to Microsoft Office. Anyway, be sure of this: those who sell such "open source" products and propaganda in their favor certainly are "secret service agents" for those open source software companies. I am sure of this because the man on ebay who sold them on CD had such flattery, we almost immediately went for it.

Very pleased! [Posted on 2007-04-11]
I am used to using Word Perfect or Microsoft Word at work, but now that I am a stay at home Mom, I just don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for such a program. But I want a program that does everything Word can do. Well I found it! Open Office!

I got the Word Home and Student version trial with my new computer, but it wasn't as intuitive and easy as Open Office. Plus, my 30 day free trial lasted only a couple of days because I clicked some wrong button. Microsoft!

I do secretarial work for my church and I was able to put a copy on the church computer and home computer free. But I like it so much, I'm going to make a donations. Or I'll buy this cd...

Free is good. [Posted on 2007-12-28]
This expansive easy to use product handles all my office type needs. I don't run a business at home but it's great for letters with photo enclosures, addressing envelopes and it's there for other needs if I need it. I'm not qualified to comment on all the capabilities but I'll recommend it to other casual computer users who do not want to invest in written use software.

Best Office Software [Posted on 2008-04-06]
I have owned the Open Office Software package for over a year now and it is one of my all-time best buys. I was used to the Microsoft Office product and the Open Office package made transition easy. You can even use Microsoft .doc files and send them to others with Open Office. The word processing software is better than Word, but is very similar in functionality. This has to be the best value on the Net for office software, and it is complete and fully integrated. Highly recommended!

Awesome [Posted on 2008-06-14]
Why pay hundreds bucks for other programs - this one is great. Takes a little getting used too, but still a great product.

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