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OpenOffice - Multilingual Office Suite

posted Apr 8, 2010 8:46 AM by Anantha Narayan   [ updated Apr 8, 2010 8:47 AM ]

OpenOffice - Multilingual Office Suite

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Historical background

StarDivision, the original author of the StarOffice suite of software, was founded in Germany in the  mid-1980s. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems during the summer of 1999 and StarOffice 5.2 was released in June of 2000.

Product Description

OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS.