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Downloads:
1,536,788
- Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Java Runtime Environment 1.4 (included)
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
December 05, 2007
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Publisher's description of OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to those of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
Localizations of OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages, with more being constantly added by the community. OpenOffice.org runs on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), and Windows. Written in C++ and with documented APIs licensed under the LGPL and SISSL open-source protocols, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to benefit from the source.
Version 2.3.1 is a minor bugfix release with no new features for users, but it does fix a highly critical security flaw in the-third party default database engine module HSQLDB.
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Editor's review of OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
5.0 stars
- "Get productivity for free"
A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.
The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find almost everything they're used to: templates, collaborative features (versions, recording changes), macros, and even a programming language. OOo, as it's known, lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, and XML. It can also import files from those formats, as well as WordPerfect and others. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications.
The latest versions of OpenOffice have seen a spurt of growth in the extensions available for the program. These include templates for professional writers, an export tool for bidirectional functionality with Google Docs, blog publishing, and others. Blog publishing assistance especially strikes us as a natural area for word processing to grow toward.
We were pleased to find that stability has improved too. No doubt about it, the multilingual and crossplatform OpenOffice.org is a compelling option for anyone in search of an alternative office suite.
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User reviews of OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 906 votes
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
Pros: OpenOffice is free, and works just like the Microsoft Office, except a lot smaller. Well first, it's fast in opening files, it's small, and opens all kinds of documents.
Cons: Sadly, it needs Java (which I don't really like having), I don't think it has grammar correction. It says 120MB? But when it installed, it was 200MB+, a minor problem. And I couldn't find the "hide table gridlines" option, but I guess that's minor also.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
"Sophisticated Office Software Suite for Free"
Pros: Full-featured, intuitive, and free. Probably the reason MS Office came down in price.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
"IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND VERY EASY TO USE."
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
"Good program and free, but..."
Pros: Comprehensive, free program for office and home office use.
Cons: More difficult to learn and utilize than even the overly complicated and difficult to learn M$ Office (Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007). Not intuitive for a user who just wants to use the program rather than making a project of learning the program. Step by step tutorials are in short supply . . . or perhaps they are just hidden somewhere so no one can find them. Good free program but, sadly, just not a reasonable replacement for M$ Office.
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Version: OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.3.1
Pros: Works just as well as Microsoft Office except that it's free!!!
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