What's that free version of Word/Excel called?
 

I seem to recall someone on here mentioning that there is free software out there that mirrors Word and Excel. A little direction, please?

Open Office

Thanks!!!

OK. There's a 2.0 Beta version. Has anyone tried that, or should I stick with 1.14?

WordPerfect Office is far, far better than Open Office, including much better compatibility with Microsoft file formats. It's not free (although there a free trial), but it is significantly cheaper than Microsoft's version.

Pirated!


arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have had pretty good results from OpenOffice on my new computer at home... so far, so good. Have yet to have any incompatibility problems in either direction.

ALf thinking out loud that he should install OpenOffice at home.

Way to pimp the company you work for
:D

I haven't tried the most recent Beta, but 1.14 is very stable from my experience. My recommendation would be to stick with that.

I'll echo the use 1.1.4 version sentiments, and using OpenOffice over anything you have to pay for sentiments.

I get Microsoft Office for free (and legally) so I'll just keep using that

If you already have MS Office, is there any practical reason to switch to OpenOffice, other than sticking it to the man?

Down with Whitey!

I mean this Whitey....

Do you REALLY need a reason beyond that???

I messed around with OpenOffice about a month ago and let's just say that I'll be sticking with MS Word and Excel.

You mean besides being able to quickly export files to .pdf, read files in just about any file format, and take up only 100 mb on your harddrive? Well then your left with sticking it to the man.

Seriously, it's not a perfect product and if you already have shelled out for Office it might not be too useful but it's gotten much better and will continue to close the gap in the upcoming years. When it comes time to shell out for a new version of Office it's worth checking out.

I would say it is worth supporting. Anything that creates an alternative or competition is a good thing.