Open Office - all that Microsoft Office does and for free!

[Anne]

Open Office is a multi-lingual, cross-platform, full-featured open-source office suite. It is compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.  The latest version (2.2) has just been released as follows:

The OpenOffice.org Community announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.2, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite. With upgrades to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software, the free software package provides a real alternative to Microsoft's recently-released Office 2007 product - and an easier upgrade path for existing Microsoft Office users. OpenOffice.org 2.2 also protects users from newly discovered vulnerabilities, where users' PCs could be open to attack if they opened documents from, or accessed web sites set up by, malicious individuals.

Official Press Release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb508436.htm

OpenOffice.org 2.2 may be downloaded free of charge from http://download.openoffice.org/

[Anne]

We have migrated to Libre Office, which has all the features of Open Office and works successfully with Microsoft Office documents. https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice is a powerful and free office suite, a successor to OpenOffice(.org), used by millions of people around the world. Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most versatile Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).