Microsoft Office is no doubt, one of the most popular office suite running in the IT market but now have come a number of free alternative for MS Office that have developed significantly as Office competitors. The new office software are entirely free and are packed with best of the features and applications to meet the requirements of home and business users.
To gain the multi benefits of this open source software, you just have to install the desired software into your computer system carefully. And then you can create your documents, spreadsheets and Office presentations easily with having access from anywhere you go.
Here is listed some of the best free office software that have hit the market today-
LibreOffice
Also known as OpenOffice, it is the most popular free office software designed for both average and advanced users. OpenOffice is multi platform and multi-lingual office software that is ideal to create spreadsheets, databases, presentations and graphics. It contains Writer for word processing, Impress for presentation, Base application and Math, Draw, Calc for making spreadsheets. It works effectively with all computers and stores your data in an international open standard format. You can download it directly from the website at free of charge.
Zoho
It is one of the best online office productivity software including word processor, spreadsheet and presentation applications. It supports all types of files and can edit them online with the help of document editor. With 1 GB of free storage, Zoho allows you to work with various useful applications such as task management tool, web conferencing, CRM, notebook, web based project management, group discussion and lots more.
Google Docs
It is a well known free office suite which is easy to use and install. With Google Docs, you can convert many files, save documents and can also share them with other people to work upon at the same time. It is a web based service and contains several templates for creating documents, spreadsheets and presentation.
Office Web
It also offers an easy to use work space like Google Docs and also provides the feature of document sharing. If offers 25 GB of free storage space while integrated with windows Live Skydrive. The Office Web includes all the applications of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and One Note.
ThinkFree
It is also a free online office suite and has gained immense popularity in recent years. It includes all the apps and tools similar to MS Office such as Work Excel and PowerPoint. It also provides its users with some advanced collaboration features that allow them to share and edit their work with other users online.
IBM Lotus Symphony
It is laced with a desktop application to suit the needs of home and business users and thus regarded as a direct competitor of MS Office. This is a free office suite and includes documents, presentations and spreadsheets. The unique feature about IBM is that it supports a tabbed workspace that prevents cluttering p your task bar and improves productivity.
StarOffice
It is also a free office suite from Sun Microsystems and can run on Windows, Linux and Solaris systems. You can download it as free under the Google Pack and if you need it for the Mac, first install the OpenOffice to your computer system.
This is only a short list of some of the popular free office software. But the internet world is today full of freebies and you can choose the one to suit your office requirements. Just search for the desired software, install it and start enjoying the fun!
Ilya Elbert blogs for several IT Support Columbus and Computer Repair Columbus corporations.
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