Friday, January 4, 2008

Free Office software

If you received a new laptop during the holidays that didn't come already installed with Microsoft Office - what do you do? Microsoft does offer very deep discounts for students and educators. But if you don't teach or have munchkins at home, you still have some good choices.

For PCs with Windows or Unix/Linux OS - OpenOffice is a good choice and it's free!

For Macs - take a look at NeoOffice, it is a straight conversion of OpenOffice to the Apple platform and also free; there are a few complications loading OpenOffice on a Mac, not insurmountable but does require a bit of expertise.

These are full-featured sets of office applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, and database programs.

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