Having an Office Suite is a must these days, right from editing a text to creating presentation and database, we need a Office Suite. “Microsoft Office” is what comes into the minds of everyone when we talk about an office suite, but not everyone can afford to buy one as the latest Office suite costs more than xxx US Dollars.
Listed below are some of the popular free alternatives of Microsoft Office. The ranking is based on the popularity and the features set available in each office suite.
Rank 1: OpenOffice
Open Office is the most dominant office suite in Linux. Almost all the Linux distros have OpenOffice has their primary office suite. The advantage of this software is that it is also compatible with Windows. Packed with powerful tools like Word processor, Spreadsheet,Database,Presentation and lot more, OpenOffice is no way less than Microsoft Office. It also includes support for Microsoft Office files.
OpenOffice.org
Rank 2: Google Docs
This is one of the most widely used web application. Everyone who is using GMAIL would have got a chance to use Google Docs. It includes Web Processor, Presentation and Spreadsheet. Another feature is that Google Docs is available in Mobile Version too. Google Docs is multi-lingual and supports almost all the formats.
Google Docs
Rank 3: Lotus Symphony
Lotus Symphony is from the one of the famous market leader – IBM. The package is completely free and includes the necessary features of an office suite. But not many are aware of this software. I would say the major reason why Lotus Symphony is not able to establish is because of it strong competitors such as Microsoft and OpenOffice.
Lotus Symphony
Some month earlier I make a similar compilation and this is really a great way to promote free things.
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open office is light and handy.
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Just wanted to add one more, StarOffice
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@Arafat: Oh i wasn’t aware about it. Will Check it out.
@Pavan: Yes its indeed light weighted
@SOB: StarOffice is not free dude, Its a propriety software.
OpenOffice is my favorite, faster,free…. And i like to add one more to the list…. what about KOffice?
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Ya KOffice is also good. It supports Linux/Mac/Windows. Thanks for mentioning it Pubudu
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I never heard about Lotus Symphony. Thanks for its review
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@Blog4Boys: You are welcome dude, I came to know about Lotus Symphony when I was working on Rational Rose.
i would like to add Abi Word to this list…
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Oh., Thanks for adding the information Rajesh
Open Office Org is my non-MS top fav. Google Docs would have been lot more effective, had it been little less dependent on the internet!
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We can soon expect Google to release standalone version of G Docs. Lets see