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There are many free alternatives to the Microsoft Office products. This would be beneficial for college students, the average user and even small businesses in general. These people often find that they are unable to afford the high prices Microsoft charges for its products. These alternative software offerings are compatible with Microsoft Office.
The first free office product is actually an entire suite. I have used it myself and it is awesome. It is called Open Office, and is available for download so that you can start using it right away. Included in this complete office suite is:
1) Writer is the software which is the equivalent of Microsoft Word. It is very similar in look and feel. It has the ability to read and write in the Word format up to Word 2003. It has almost all of the features of Microsoft Word and those that are not present will not likely be noticed.
2) Impress is the equivalent of Microsoft PowerPoint. It can be used to create beautiful presentations with the look and feel of Microsoft PowerPoint. It also includes a couple of slide templates, but if these do not suit your needs, you have complete control over your work. This software can also read and write in the Microsoft PowerPoint format, which makes it completely compatible, however Office 2007 is as of yet not supported.
3) Calc is the spreadsheet software included in the office suite. It is compatible with Microsoft Excel. It has all of the functionality of the costlier Microsoft version, but it is free.
4) Draw is the graphics powerhouse in the suite. It is kind of a cross between Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Visio. I have not had much occasion to use it, but I have tried it and it does deliver good results.
Now, no office suite would be complete without the ability to read PDF files and convert them. Foxit reader is a free PDF reading and converting software. I have used this software and I find it to be much more productive than Adobe Reader. Of course, Adobe Reader is free for personal use; however Foxit Reader is free for business use, not including the text conversion version. Text conversion is only free for personal use.
The main reason why I have decided to add Foxit to this list of software is because, Foxit is free, it is small, and it is very fast. The one thing that has consistently bothered me about Adobe Reader is the speed at which it loads up. This is especially excruciating when loading PDFs from the Internet.
There are additional plugins that you can purchase which would make Foxit as useful as a full blown version of Adobe Acrobat, but the free version is perhaps all that you will need. The beautiful thing about using Open Office Suite and Foxit together is that Open Office Write can convert documents to PDF.
It is with these free software packages that you can have all of the tools offered by Microsoft with zero the cost. That is a huge advantage whether you are just trying to save a buck, or trying to keep the bottom line down.
Links
http://www.openoffice.org/
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
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Microsoft is probably the richest software corporation in the world. They make money on selling software plus they also make money when you need help with one of their software products by charging you for support. I remember when Microsoft released DOS 6.0 and millions of computers around the world crashed because the software had a lot of bugs. You would think then that a company would have to fix this problem free of charge but not Microsoft, they charged you for the upgrade to DOS 6.2 which fixed the problem in the product DOS 6.0.
Over the past decade I have spent a fortune on all sorts of different software products but those days are over. I have found a great solution where the software is free, you just either make a donation or pay for support. Now with this type of software, besides being relatively inexpensive, you a free to use it as is or if you are a programmer you can modify it. Most of this software will either run as a stand alone product or software like a Content Manager you install it to the host where you have web hosting and you can just run it in a browser like IE.
I used to use Dreamweaver to design all my websites but we’re talking at least several hundred dollars just for the Dreamweaver and if you want the complete suite which is Macromedia studio then you’re looking at spending over a thousand dollars. Now with this package the only support that is included is the stuff that is in the manuals that comes with the package. If you want support in plain english then you are going to have to pay for additional support.
Nowadays I am using an Open Source product called VNU which has a Windows version but it also has a version for the Macintosh and for Linux which I’m thinking about converting over to. Rather than paying for a package like Microsoft office I am using OpenOffice which is a free open source solution. OpenOffice has a lot more features than the standard Microsoft Office, it incorporates Adobe acrobat by letting you create PDF documents.
I just upgraded my computer and gave my old one to my younger brother. Now this old computer has windows on it but knowing my brother if he ever gets a virus he will not be able to handle it. Knowing this I am thinking about converting my brother over to Linux because all he uses now is Dreamweaver and MS office and I think he would be perfectly happy with open source software. Plus if there are 10 viruses that can hit Windows then there would only be less than one virus for the Linux operating system.
In the old days Linux like Unix was all done at command prompt but nowadays they have a graphical interface which looks like a Windows clone. Over the years I have bought a lot of software that I later discovered somebody had obtained as open source and then modified it. If you want to make money as a designer of software then rather then starting from ground zero you can get an open source application and just add a few modifications. This will greatly reduce the time it takes for designing a new software app…
Now another kind of software that is practically free is what is called freeware. The difference between open source and freeware is that the Freeware application has already been compiled and you are not able to modify it or even replicate the coding. I, myself, when looking for software have mainly just been looking for applications that I can use. Usually I will see an advertisement for a product with a lot of features that I would find useful. I then look for either a Freeware or open source package that has the same features. This is one way that I save money.
If you want more information on what you can do with open source software they all follow a general license which if you do a search on a site like Google you will be able to find many references regarding this open license.
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