Today we will be introducing you with a free Office suite for word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc. and you may also say that all MS-Office facilities for free. This software is OpenOffice. It is a very great software for taking look at many other common office software packages. It is available in many languages and this software is developed by Apache Software Foundation. The prices of MS-Office are not getting any lower and that's why a free software is indeed a great help for people who don't want to spend that much amount of money.
History :
After acquiring Sun Microsystems (which developed OpenOffice earlier) in January 2010, Oracle Corporation continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office. In September 2010, the majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project due to concerns over Sun's, and then Oracle's, management of the project, to form The Document Foundation (TDF). TDF released the fork LibreOffice in January 2011, which most Linux distributions soon moved to, including Oracle Linux in 2012.
In April 2011 Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org and laid off the remaining development team. Its reasons for doing so were not disclosed; some speculate that it was due to the loss of mindshare with much of the community moving to LibreOffice while others suggest it was a commercial decision. In June 2011 Oracle contributed the OpenOffice.org trademarks and source code to the Apache Software Foundation, which Apache re-licensed under the Apache License.
Highlights :
- Its reliable and over 100 million downloads prove this fact.
- You can easily open the files of common software packages.
- It is the first software to use OpenDocument Format as its native format.
- Package includes :
- Writer a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
- Calc a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
- Impress the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
- Draw lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
- Base lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Apache OpenOffice.
- Math lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.
System requirements :
To install Open Office in your PC successfully your computer must meet the following requirements :
Windows :
- Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- 1 GB available hard disk space
- 512 MB RAM
- Intel Pentium 6 or later.
Size : 134 MB
Developer : Apache Software Foundation.
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