free and legal 'Office' Software

[dragon wench]

I just had these downloads recommended to me, basically an open source version of MS Office. For anybody who wants something like Office, it is worth checking out. Amongst its features, one cool thing is that it has a PDF function very similar to Adobe Writer.

Note: this is completely legal freeware by Sun Micro Systems.

For PC: http://www.openoffice.org/
For Mac: http://www.neooffice.org/

Mods, I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the tech forum. I put it here because SYM has more traffic, but clearly, please move it if you'd prefer

[giles337]

You beat me too it DW! I DLed these the other day to continue my geography coursework after something ocrrupted my old version of office, and was very impressed

[CM]

Very good stuff. I use it. IT is based i believe off of Star Office by sun microsystems but i am not sure.

[Robnark]

it's pretty good for free software, but there are still things in the program that really annoy me. to be fair though, if you're willing to spend some time setting it up and learning how to use it, it works very well. I type up all my Mum's lesson plans for school with it, and now I'm getting the hang of the style system - and stopping it turning the spellcheck back to US English - I spend very little time swearing at the thing.

[Luis Antonio]

I've used it, I have it, and tis been a long time. I have the MS office too, because I'm used to it, but I dont hae problems using Open Office.

DW, just to add: Open Office requires java. You need to download an extra java resource that dont come with the latest version. The open office site has the instructions.