OPEN OFFICE

And other things And other things too!too!

What is OPEN OFFICE?

Open Office is software that “mimics” some components of Microsoft Office Suite

Due to copyright laws, mimic does not mean “exact copy”

It is “shareware” – that is, can be downloaded and used at no cost.

Some Components?

Microsoft Office Suite has more components than most people are aware of.

Common components are often “bundled” – the packages you see on the shelf.

Bundles change from time to time – and sometimes contain “cut down” versions

Some components have never [to date at least] been bundled.

Microsoft Office Suite Components:

Word – Word Processing Excel – Spreadsheet Outlook – Personal Information Manager/E-

Mail PowerPoint – Presentations Publisher – Design Brochures, Labels,

greeting Cards etc.

Microsoft Office Suite Components:

Access – Data Base Manager Infopath – Forms Design OneNote – Note-Taking FrontPage/SharePoint – Web Design –

SharePoint is the newest version. Project – Project Management Visio – Diagrams & Flowcharts

Microsoft Office Suite Components:

Accounting – Business Finances Communicator – Real Time Conferencing Document Imaging – Editing scanned

documents Document Scanning – Scanning & Optical

Character Recognition Groove – Peer to Peer collaboration

Microsoft Office Suite Components:

Picture Manager – think Picasa

Open Office Equivalents:

WORD = WRITER EXCEL = CALC POWERPOINT = IMPRESS ACCESS = BASE PUBLISHER = DRAW

+ MATH ADD-ON FOR FORMULAE

Microsoft Office Cost

To get all Open Office components – Ultimate Edition - $899.99 Accounting Express 2007 Access 2007 Excel 2007 InfoPath 2007 Groove 2007 OneNote 2007 Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager Powerpoint 2007 Publisher 2007 Word 2007

Microsoft Office Cost

Standard Edition - $539.99 Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook

Microsoft Office Cost

Home & Student Edition - $149.99 Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Some features of each application are Some features of each application are

reduced in this editionreduced in this edition

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Installing Open Office

Limitations

Will still not get SpellCheck in Outlook Express – this function uses the dictionary from Word

No e-mail client

BUT:

Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client will work and has a dictionary add-on – both are FREE

Mozilla Lightning is a FREE calendaring program