Apache OpenOffice (short for AOO, formerly known as OpenOffice.org, also called OOo), long time ago, its predecessor is the commercial Office software - StarOffice, now, it is a set of open-source, cross-platform office suite, supports a variety of operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, Solaris and so on).
OpenOffice enables everybody to have one office software suite in hand instead of the monopolistic and expensive Microsoft Office, and completely free of charge.
OpenOffice is a integrated software, contains a lot of utilities, its functions are absolutely not weaker than Microsoft MS Office, not only has the Word processing and simple graphic making abilities same as MS Word, but alos has a more powerful chart function, besides, you can also write web page and makes out the mathematical symbols which is even hard to solve for MS Office, and supports other Microsoft main file formats like Excel, PPT and so on.
The default file exchange format of OpenOffice is OpenDocument Format (ODF) which has become the ISO standard, moreover, it also supports all Microsoft Office file formats from 97 to 2010, and is compatible with other main Office software suites.
Included Applications
- Writer - A word processor similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
- Calc - A spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3
- Impress - A presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote
- Base - A database management program similar to Microsoft Access
- Draw - A vector graphics editor comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW and Microsoft Visio
- Math - A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor
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