Open Source Movement Word Processor Spreadsheets Presentation Software Comparison with Microsoft’s Office.
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Open Source Movement Word Processor Spreadsheets Presentation Software Comparison with Microsoft’s Office
A software that has word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and much more.
Took 20 yrs to develop “ Designed from the start as a single
piece of software- not bolted together from separate software packages.” –openoffice.edu
Makes it easy to use What you use in one application you
can use in another One installation program provides
everything It’s free to download Open source has gained momentum
over the past three decades through the rise of the internet
Open office was first created in 1998 by stardivision and was labeled at birth as star office
Stardivision was bought by Sun Microsystem in 2000 in response to dominance by Microsoft's Office
Sun Microsystem then decided to rename it and it release it as a open source software in late 2000
It has increasingly became more mainstream over these past years
Based heavily on Microsoft’s word Has spell check and style and formatting Can display multiple pages while a
person edits Helps create letters, faxes, agendas, and
much more Auto Complete suggest common words
and phrases to complete what is being typed
Easy to learn Natural language formulas Ex: “Sales…
Cost” Has templates with built-in functions Scenario manager allows “what-if”
analysis. Ex: compare profitability for high/ med/ low sales forecasts.
3D, art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools.
Easy-to-use diagramming tools Slide show animation effects
Dependable set of tools
Familiar to users Microsoft makes it
technologies accessible to all businesses
Limited set of productivity tools
Not very familiar Has been described
as “cumbersome” and “visually unattractive”
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