For those of you who haven't heard of one of the best freebies floating around the internet today, it's about time we put you in the know. OpenOffice is a Microsoft Office alternative made by Sun Microsystems and supports everything that you'll ever need to do. The biggest difference? it won't cost you a dime.
This newest version 3 now supports OSX's native aqua skin, gives you the ability to open Office 2007 files, and provides PDF creation powers. That's right, *.docx XML-type extensions shall never plague and confuse you ever again! Unfortunately, you can only save in the older *.doc format, but still, the ability to open all types of documents is very much welcome.
OpenOffice 3 runs on all major computing platforms - Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Sun Solaris, OSX.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab the latest version from their official website here.
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Comments (2)
I find that these Windows alternatives ( I lump GoogleDocs and Zoho into this group) work well if you need to create a document and print it. I find that it does not always work well when you need to share between applications. For instance, creating a document in OOo and then saving as a doc file. When the doc is opened in Word the formatting is unpredictable. Terrible for the case of sending out resumes!
I only use OpenOffice, so when I get a .doc file from Word, I sometimes find a jumbled mess. It would be nice if people just used OpenOffice to get the formatting right!
For resumes, I find .pdf's are best. The viewer is available on most systems and my resume isn't editable.