Open Office

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Even though I’m running one of the later beta versions with no problem, before I go to bed tonight I will start downloading the final version, released just this week, of OpenOffice.org 2.0 (I have dial-up.).

OpenOffice.org is a free, open-source office suite that can open and read Microsoft Office files but also works with its own file formats. It works like a charm, and did I mention it’s free?

It is a pretty massive download, but if you don’t like my download-all-night strategy you can pay a token postage-and-handling amount and they’ll mail you a CD.

The project is supported in part by Sun Microsystems, which uses the technology developed by the OpenOffice team in its commercial product, StarOffice.

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John Carney is a journalist, a certified United Methodist lay speaker, a veteran of foreign and domestic short-term mission trips, and author of a self-published novel, Soapstone.
  • http://nohats.com Ted

    I’ve been running OpenOffice in various versions for the past 3 years or so, and I’m hooked. It is an open-source project, meaning that if you download it and want to edit the actual software to make improvements you are legally able to do so–assuming you have that talent. It also lets you save files in Adobe .pdf format, and that is a nice bonus.

  • http://nohats.com Ted

    I’ve been running OpenOffice in various versions for the past 3 years or so, and I’m hooked. It is an open-source project, meaning that if you download it and want to edit the actual software to make improvements you are legally able to do so–assuming you have that talent. It also lets you save files in Adobe .pdf format, and that is a nice bonus.