OpenOffice - Freeware

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OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 - Final
(basically, this is a free replacement for Mysoft Office)

OpenOffice is a 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 those of Mysoft Office.

Available in over 45 supported languages with more being constantly added by the community, OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), Windows, Mac OS X (X11), and numerous other platforms. Our porting page lists the platforms (ports) that OpenOffice.org can run on.
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.

Release notes
OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 is recommended for all. Enhancements include:
- performance improvements: for example, a 23 percent improvement in certain Calc benchmarks
- further improvements to file format compatibility with Mysoft Office files
- new email integration features for users wanting to send emails in Mysoft file formats
- more control over how exported PDF documents will display when opened in a PDF reader
- support for more languages and improvements in hyphenation and thesaurus
- support for Intel architecture for Mac OS X plus improved Mac OS X System integration
- built-in check for updated versions
- important security fixes

Homepage /DL:

http://www.openoffice.org/