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OpenOffice.org 2.4.1

OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office. It is compatible with all other major office suites and is free to download, use, and distribute. It was previously known as StarOffice before it became an open-source project. OpenOffice comes with OpenWriter - a word processor, OpenCalc - a spreadsheet and OpenImpress - a presentational package.

What is OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 ?
OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 is a cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems. It supports the ISO standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office '97-2003 formats, among many others.

OpenOffice.org was originally derived from StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999. The source code of the suite was released in July 2000 with the aim of reducing the dominant market share of Microsoft Office by providing a free, open and high-quality alternative; later versions of StarOffice are based upon OpenOffice.org with additional proprietary components. OpenOffice.org is free software, available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

You may download OpenOffice.org Version 2 completely free of any licence fees, use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial - and pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc. The version offered for download here is the Windows version. Versions for other platforms are available from OpenOffice.org.

OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 Features:
+ The first office suite to use the new OASIS OpenDocument format, the future-proof international standard for office software
+ Easy to install, with a whole new look and feel, matched to the type of computer in use
+ More intuitive, more easy to use than ever, with a host of new usability features
+ Complete with Base: an easy-to-use database manager with a fully integrated database
+ Compatible with other software packages - now understands even obscure and rarely used features in major competitors.

OpenOffice.org aims to compete with Microsoft Office and emulate its look and feel where suitable. It can read and write most of the file formats found in Microsoft Office, and many other applications; an essential feature of the suite for many users. OpenOffice.org has been found to be able to open files of older versions of Microsoft Office and damaged files that newer versions of Microsoft Office itself cannot open. However, it cannot open older Word for Macintosh (MCW) files.

OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 has license: Open Source
File Size: 112.96 MB
Freeware OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 Requirements:
- Windows All/95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista