2007-01-14 01:26:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Open Office is free. It contains the whole office suite; it will open, edit and save Microsoft documents as well as using its wn format, and it will export documents as PDF's.
I suggest you download the tutorials, there are few differences between the two and if you can use MS Office you will be able to use Open Office. It just means getting used to different buttons!
http://www.openoffice.org
There is also an upgraded paid for version called Star Office. (I think)
2007-01-14 01:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most important, OpenOffice will open, allow you to edit and print Microsoft Word generated documents. There is a downloadable free version which includes a spreadsheet program. If you want the database (sort of Access equivalent) then the whole package will cost you about £60 as opposed to the MS Office equivalent which will be 3-4 times that..
2007-01-14 01:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Openoffice is a suite of office applications, as is MS Office 2007 for example. Microsoft Word is the word processor program in MS Office products. Openoffice also includes a word processor, spreadsheet, etc., and is free.
2007-01-14 01:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by TheDougmeister 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No
Open office is a suite of programs, Word is just a wordprocessor.
It includes a spreadsheet etc.
Open Office 'writer' reads and writes to Word files and works much like Word. There are minor differences and Open Office may have some problems with a limited number of word documents.
Also Open Office is free - Word you need to pay for.
2007-01-14 01:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by David P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Openoffice Writer is VERY SIMILAR to MS Word. I use both programs (Openoffice at home / MS Office at work) - you probably won't be able to tell the difference
2007-01-14 01:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 23:19:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its similar in terms of the ability to create and edit documents but open office is free whereas you have to purchase microsoft word and they are from two different software developers.
2007-01-14 01:29:10 · answer #7 · answered by girl21 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not identical open office will do the same job as word.
2007-01-14 01:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i use open office and it opens microsoft word documents so it must b similar
2007-01-14 01:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by nufc mad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but it does the same job and it's free.
2007-01-14 01:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋