What is OpenOffice.org?

OpenOffice.org is an Open Source, community-developed, 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 Microsoft Office.

Localizations of OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages with more being constantly added by the community. OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), and Windows. Additional ports, such as for FreeBSD, IRIX, and Mac OS X, are in various stages of completion.

Written in C++ and with documented APIs licensed under the LGPL and SISSL Open Source licenses, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to benefit from the source. And, because the file format for OpenOffice.org is XML, interoperability is easy, making future development and adoption more certain.

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Why OpenOffice.org?

OpenOffice.org is synonymous with quality

• The roots of OpenOffice.org go back twenty years, creating a mature and powerful product
• Hundreds of thousands of users participated in the beta testing of version 2
• independent reviewers around the world have recommended the product
• with a fully open development process, OpenOffice.org has nothing to hide - the product stands or falls on its reputation.

OpenOffice.org is easy to use

• The software looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product
• It’s easy to change to OpenOffice.org - the software reads all major competitors’ files
• Few language barriers - if it’s not yet available in your language, the chances are it will be soon.
• OpenOffice.org is supported by a global community of friendly volunteers, only too happy to provide assistance to newcomers and advanced users alike.

OpenOffice.org is free software

• you may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any licence fees
• install it on as many PCs as you like
• use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial...
• pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.

OpenOffice.org is standards compliant - certified by OSI as open-standard compliant, and the first software package in the world to use OASIS OpenDocument Format (ISO 26300) as its native file format.

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