Open office provides free software

Filed in archive Tools on June 24, 2006

While griping recently to an associate about the lack of Microsoft Excel on my Windows XP Home Edition, I was reminded of this site.

Open Office, as its name implies, is completely free of licensing fees and should be the first stop for the bootstrapping entrepreneur looking for a way to outfit an office environment with workable software at little or no cost.

The openoffice.org website claims:

The software looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product.

The latest version includes:

• WRITER, word processing capable of creating complex documents with illustrations

• CALC, a spreadsheet program for calculating, analyzing and producing reports with graphics

• IMPRESS, for producing multi-media presentations with special effects

• DRAW, for simple drawings, 3D and effects

• BASE, for making, moving and manipulating reports and data

Download your copy now and don't tell Bill Gates you heard it here.