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Open Office.org

You have probably heard of it by now, but if not, you should try using OpenOffice.org. It is an office suite like Microsoft Office, but it is open source.

I like it because I like supporting open source projects, and I like alternatives to Microsoft. OpenOffice is FREE. I like quality free software.

OpenOffice.org is mostly compatible with MS Office documents (ie, you can open documents made in MS Office, and save documents in MS Office format). I say mostly compatible because nobody knows what the MS Offics formats are. Even Microsoft Office documents themselves are not compatible with other versions of themselves.

Anyways, it is a neat thing they got going on. Go to there website and download the application suite and give it a whirl.

http://www.openoffice.org/

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Sumpygump said…
Rodney:

The major reason I like openOffice is because it is open source and free. I like to support open source software.

As far as an open format goes, I am not very good at explaining, but here is an excellent article to read about that: openformats.org

Here is another link with information: odfi.org
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