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

Customer Reviews

Beats all competitors

2008-08-26
Open Office is, quite simply, the best office suite of applications on the market - bar none. It is not just free, it is superior in use to all competitors. For instance, it can read and convert or save in any of the common formats, including Microsoft formats. So even if you have old documents you want to keep in their current format, or if you share documents with Microsoft users, you will lose nothing. What you gain is a superior application in speed, reliability, and adherence to open standards such as Java and XML. Very highly recommended whether for any operation system, Mac, Microsoft, or Linux.

At Last! I Can Say Good Bye To Microsoft!

2008-07-27
My most recent PC runs on Windows, same as all of its predecessors. But now, it is Windows Vista, an operating system so demanding of its hardware that the price of a computer with even average performance has gone through the roof. I found myself unable to afford both the computer and an Office Suite, until I discovered OpenOffice.

I understand Microsoft has derisively declared that OpenOffice is "only" up to the level of MS Office 97. All I can say is that I recall being happy with MS Office 95, and did not see the subsequent introduction of talking paperclips as being quite the benefit that Microsoft evidently did. While I still miss some of the search features of MS Office, I have found OpenOffice to be everything I need in my office suite and it definitely cannot be beaten for the price!

Even better, this program can run on non-Microsoft operating systems. I can now think seriously about ditching Windows for Linux without fear!

Awesome

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.

Best Office Software

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!

Free is good.

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.

Very pleased!

2007-04-11
Get everything you'd expect with this new approach to office productivity software! Create dynamic documents, analyze data, design eye-catching presentations and produce dynamic illustrations. If you're used to other office suites like Microsoft Office, you'll feel completely at home with OpenOffice.org. Whether you need to continue to use your old Microsoft Office files, exchange files with people still using Microsoft Office, or export documents to Adobe PDF format with one click, it's no problem with OpenOffice.org. WRITER: Create all types of documents, including reports, newsletters, brochures and even complete books with professional layouts. Integrate images and charts in documents, and even create and publish Web content with this powerful tool. CALC: Turn boring numbers into eye-catching information with this feature-packed spreadsheet. Utilize advanced spreadsheet functions and decision-making tools to calculate and perform sophisticated data analysis quickly and easily, and then generate impressive 2D and 3D charts with built-in charting tools. IMPRESS: Create effective multimedia presentations with special effects animation and high-impact drawing tools. DRAW: Produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations and special effects.

Soon you will certainly want to have Microsoft Office...literally!

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.

SOMETHING SO INEXPENSIVE IS SO GOOD

2006-11-12
I just started using openoffice 2.04 version.What can I say,It's great word processor.In my personal opinion it is just as good as Microsoft Office 2006.I tried so many different word processor,and I never was able to find one that was a good alternative to ms word until I used this version of openoffice.It is a much improved version than openoffice version 1.0 .In this version it can open ms word documents and still hold the same format.Another great thing it can do is let's say you copy and paste a webpage to a new openoffice word doc.It will be able to save the page layout format in the same way microsoft office can.In the openoffice version 1.0 it was not capable of these functions.The openoffice suite includeds (Writer)-complete word processor or desktop publisher: (Calc)- a spreadsheet program:(Impress)a program for creating effective multimedia presentations:(base)Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports:(DRAW)-great for graphics and diagrams:(MATH)- for mathematical equations.