Any business looking for a cost-effective alternative to the Microsoft Office suite may do well to look into the open-source, free-to-download Apache OpenOffice. The suite includes a robust array of ...

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Apache's OpenOffice Writer is a versatile program, with one of its strengths being the ability to open and read document formats from other word processors, such as Microsoft Word and the .doc and ...

If you're looking to get away from Microsoft Word, and Microsoft, or if you're just looking to support a free and open-source project, there are a dizzying array of solid options out there. Here are ...

With a few settings tweaks and cautious formatting, you can keep from losing features when moving files between the two word processors. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an ...

Anurag's interest in technology was sparked around 15 years ago when he first tried a Nokia smartphone, one of those Windows-powered devices. Having only used feature phones up until then, he was ...

A new version of the free and excellent open-source LibreOffice suite of applications has been made available today as a final release of LibreOffice 5.0. The new LibreOffice suite is now available to ...

OpenOffice was the first big, mainstream free software competitor to Microsoft Office, and because of that, it still has mainstream name recognition—which is a problem. Developers have almost all ...

OpenOffice used to be the best free alternative to Microsoft’s Office, but now it seems to be falling on hard times. Development on the open-source productivity suite is down to just 16 people, ...