Tech Tip: Open Office v3.0 Releases

Open Office v3.0, the free open source alternative to Microsoft's Office business productivity suite released last week. From what I understand and based upon the reported donwload activity, the response and interest in Open Office v3.0 has been very strong.

The Open Office sites states "OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. "

I have primarily use MS Office, but I also have a version of Open Office on my desktop. I have used the Open Office presentation package called Impress for several years and it has always performed and functioned well. If you are using an older version of MS Office and dont wish to pay the cost of the newest version (or you just hate Microsoft), Open Office is an excellent alternative.

To download the newest version of Open Office, click HERE. It really is a very good alternative to the MS Office suite, and it is free.