What is Open Office? Will it be just as good as Microsoft Word, and is it free?
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I can't say for sure if it is as good as Microsoft Office 2003, but it is probably good enough for most users and it is free.\nI believe it is developed and supported by the same folks who build the LINUX system software
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http://www.openoffice.org/ - It is similar to Microsoft Word and Excel and it is free.
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The Student and Teachers version is around $139 or so, however, you can get OpenOffice for free and it is essentially the same thing. \n\nDownload it here: http://www.openoffice.org
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Openoffice is a free open source office program. It includes a spreadsheet program called calc.\nTim
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if you don't care about legalities, you can just google it. Or use p2p to download it. For things like this, perhaps torrent might be the best choice.\n\nBut if you do care about legal yadaa yadaa and don't really care about using actual MS Office, you should download Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/ ) This is the free alternative to Microsoft Office. OOo has an option to save file it created in MS Office formats, and its interface is very good and easy to use and is a bit similar to MS Office.\n\nNote: \nthe names of each program is different in OOo\nWord is Writer\nExcel is Calc\nPowerPoint is Impress\nAccess is Base
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microsoft word (MS office) is not free. you can try some other freewares like Abiword, EasyOffice etc..
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A freeware version is Open Office, does the same job but its free.\nhttp://www.openoffice.org\nYou can also download the tutorial.\n\nThe trick with databases is to organise the info properly first. Think about the types of info, write it out on paper and try a few different things. Think about how people will use the database, how will they want to retrieve the info.\nSome people have a real knack for databases; it migh be best to have one or two members of staff whos job it is to build and maintain the database; and assist anyone who gets stuck.
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OpenOffice.org (lowest cost) or Word and a template.
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Microsoft Word is not availble as a free download. \n\nIf you have Microsoft WORKS, you can use the Works Word Processor.   When you go to SAVE your file, use SAVE AS, then select the File Type as one of the versions of Microsoft Word, so people that have Word can open it.   \n\nOr get Open Office from http://www.openoffice.org and use the Writer part of it to make Word compatible documents. \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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your best bet would be to install open office which will be free of charge, and you dont have to worry about cost
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Check out Open Office!  You can download it here:\nhttp://www.openoffice.org/\n\nIt allows you to open and edit Word and Excel files.  And best of all -- its free!
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Go to OpenOffice.org and you can get OpenOffice.org which is a completely open scource office suite, much like Microsoft Office, but free. And yes, it inclues a word processor called Write. It is definately better than Word and it's nearly free!
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If you want something that will do everything you want, is easier to use than openoffice, is also free, and is only 5mb instead of 90mb to download, then try abiword:\nhttp://www.abiword.com/
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1) Open Office v2.x\nhttp://www.openoffice.org/\n\n2) http://www.e-press.com/home.asp \nLook for the free version; The software recently changed so it might not be free anymore...doesn't hurt to check it :)\n\n3) 602 Suite i still have in my URL links too.  See if there is still a free version for that :)\nhttp://www.software602.com/products/pcs/\n\nThere are some individual programs out there that mimic or can open Word, or Excel, but I would just go for the Suite(s).\n\nHave fun!
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http://www.openoffice.org/\n\nprobably the best
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You can get buy a legal copy of MS-Office or get a free substitute to it, the OpenOffice. It has everything that MS-Office offers, but you may not be familiar with the interface. Here is the link:\nhttp://www.download.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-2064_4-10594232.html?tag=lst-0-1
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yes open office, its free and better then windows and still supports windows formats.\n\nhttp://www.openoffice.org/