Open Office – A Review

Open Office is a free alternative to MS Office developed by Sun Microsystems with a Word compatible word processor; a complete Excel compatible spread sheet program and a Power Point like presentation software and drawing program and having an additional capability of converting files to PDF format. It also offers improved printing options and the ability for direct connection with external email software. The indexing functions, a layout manager, third party import filters, HTML export capability and a context sensitive html editor are some of the additional features. A wide variety of graphical tools are also being included in Open Office. It can show the last time when an update was checked. The java GUI is included in order to provide an interface with Linux. Two extensions can be named the same filename. It is available in more than 38 languages. You can read data from different office packages. The selection of a stylist filter is persistent in Open Office. You can have the last selected filter as an active one on starting of a new session. The Options dialog box appears before the File dialog box. You can also adjust the security level in five different levels. The Add Fonts from Web Wizard exits with an error message. In nutshell, Open Office is a full deal of package with easy-to-use interface and full function office suite. You may install it in any type of interface and the biggest beauty lies in the fact that it is freeware. You can easily make copies and distribute the same to your friends.

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