OpenOffice.org

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Contents 1 General 2 Writer 3 Calc 4 Base 5 Impress 6 Draw 7 Math 8 Links 8.1 Interwiki 8.2 External Links

[edit] General

OpenOffice.org is an open source office suite, that can be freely downloaded. the suite is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

It originated as a commercial product called StarOffice, produced by Star Division. When Sun Microsystems bought the German company they decided to make the program available as open source. There exist major variants of OpenOffice.org, such as StarOffice (Sun's enhanced version), OpenOffice.org Novell Edition, and NeoOffice (an Aqua native port for Apple OS X).

OpenOffice.org's native file format is Opendocument format (ODF) also accepted as international standard ISO 26300.

[edit] Writer

Word processing application

[edit] Calc

Spreadsheet application

[edit] Base

Database application

[edit] Impress

Presentation application

[edit] Draw

Vector Graphic and drawing application

[edit] Math

Mathematical Equation Editor

[edit] Links

[edit] Interwiki

• OpenOffice.org Wiki
• Software Wiki

[edit] External Links

• Official site
• Professional support for non technical users features screencasts and smart search engine