Apache Open Office - The Free Equivalent of Microsoft Office

The Free and Open Productivity Suite

Apache Open Office

Open Office Product Description

URL: https://www.openoffice.org/

Review:

Not willing to spend couple of hundred dollars on Microsoft Office suite? Want a free productivity suite? Apache Open Office is the answer for you. Previously known as Oracle Open Office. After that Apache taken over and renamed it to Apache Open Office. They have versions for almost all operating systems. You name it Windows, Linux, and OS X (Mac). Plus side, it's compatible with all Microsoft Office saved documents (docx, xlsx, pptx). So you can share your documents with others who are using Microsoft Office too. No worries on the licensing either. Free to use for home and business. Install it on as many computers as you like. Share it with others.

Products:

Open Office Writer = Microsoft Word

Open Office Calc = Microsoft Excel

Open Office Impress = Microsoft PowerPoint

Open Office Base = Microsoft Access

Open Office Draw = Microsoft Visio

Additional software suite, Open Office Math for creating mathematical equations in graphics

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Review:

You can download and install trial full versions of almost all Microsoft products from TechNet Evaluation Centre. I've just gotten both the latest Windows Technical Preview (Windows 10) and Windows Server Technical Preview (Windows Server 2015). If you are someone who wants to get hold of freebies or wants to get your hands on the latest Windows version, these is highly recommended. Or maybe for self/ work lab certification/ education usage purpose. It comes pretty useful.

Validity:

There's a trial period validity for each products. Ranging from 60 to 180 days. Whereas for the Technical Previews there is a fixed expiry period. For Windows Technical Preview it expires on 15th April 2015 (about 6 months free usage) and for Windows Server Technical Preview it expires on 15th February 2015 (about 4 months free usage).

Note:

This should be used for non commercial purpose only. You are not allowed to profit from using these free installers. Should you require this for long term usage, I would strongly recommend you purchase a valid license. Not all trial versions can be upgraded to complete full version too. You may need to reimage/ reformat PC for that.