Download of the Week: OxygenOffice Professional
Like most people, I balk at paying out the “Gates Tax.”
So for years now, I’ve been a fan of the Open Office suite of office software. Designed originally to be a MS Office clone, this package has evolved to be a formidable batch of programs in its own right.
I have never had any problem opening a Word or PowerPoint file using OpenOffice, and vice versa. In addition, I think Impress is much better than Powerpoint anyway.
OpenOffice has some neat features not found in MS Office, including Math and complete customization of the interface.
In fact, about the only thing that’s missing in the latest release is Continuous Voice recognition, But I use Dragon Essentials
And with OxygenOffice Professional, you get a wide range of templates and extras. Basically, the team behind OxygenOffice has scoured the internet and added every useful free template they could find.
So for free, you get a full featured competitor to MS Office, and all the templates to make it work. Can’t beat that.
Download it directly from SourceForge.net here
Popularity: 11% [?]
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article ne Roads, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
Thank you for sharing!
Hi there! I came across your blog posting after searching for openoffice templates and your post on oad of the Week: OxygenOffice Professional makes an interesting read. Thanks for sharing. I will research more next Monday when I have the day off.
“Impress is much better than Powerpoint”
That ain’t sayin’ much!
Hmmm. Designer Dude’s writing style is a lot like a lot of other people who have been posting on blogs about this, which is a lot like the originator of OxygenOffice.
Coincidence? Oh, sure it is! Yeah, I believe that!
Hmmm. Templates and clip art… Oh, yeah, that’s that kiddie stuff that clutters up my computer when I install an MS product. The fact that MS insists on cluttering up my computer with it is yet another reason to hate MS.
So, now we have a collection of it for OO, compiled by a spammer.
Thanks, I think I’ll pass.
I Think Designer Dude was just Spam, But I need all the comments I can Get… I still Like Oxygen Office, tho’.