Alternative Office Software to MS

zom247

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I'm looking to try alternative software to the MS Office suite. What are the alternatives? I know there is some free software but I can't remember what it's called. I've also heard of Star Office, although you have to buy it it's still cheaper than MS Office (I believe).

Has anyone used any of these products instead of MS and if so, how do they compare?

Cheers
 
zom247 said:
I'm looking to try alternative software to the MS Office suite. What are the alternatives? I know there is some free software but I can't remember what it's called. I've also heard of Star Office, although you have to buy it it's still cheaper than MS Office (I believe).

Has anyone used any of these products instead of MS and if so, how do they compare?

Cheers
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OpenOffice?
 
You are thinking of Open Office. I use both Open Office and Microsoft Office and they both have their oddities and quirks. Open Office is certainly more than adequate for most people's use.
 
MartinG said:
You are thinking of Open Office. I use both Open Office and Microsoft Office and they both have their oddities and quirks. Open Office is certainly more than adequate for most people's use.
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Thanks, had a memory blank and couldn't remember it's name! I'll give it a try.
 
Will OpenOffice open MS Word and Excel documents and vice versa? Is there an Open Office verion of Front Page?
 
Unless they have changed since I last used it, Open Office doesn't like Publisher files, which is a shame really :(
 
have a look at Google Docs & Spreadsheets
http://docs.google.com/


OpenOffice is OK,
but it's really slow to load in comparision to MS Office


I wanted to use it at work, but gave up when some things in their version of Excel didn't work the same as MS :-/


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