Open Office Program

[srussell]

For those of you that my be looking for a word-processing solution similar to Microsoft Office (i.e Word, Excel, etc) to create PDF's or word art, try this program... Its free and works the same of the Microsoft products
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.3/index.html

It is around a 60 MB download and virus/worm free.

Many developers are following the open source trend this days. I use this program all the time for my office documents and have had no problems.

Enjoy!

[MaggieMae]

Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up! I just downloaded the program. I haven't tried it yet but it sounds great! Don't we have the best forum?! The sharing and learning is wonderful.

[juliehclark]

I love OO because of the conversion to .pdf feature!

[juliehclark]

and speaking of software - BE SURE YOU ALL DOWNLOAD PICASA!!!

Oh my gosh - Easy peasy photo prganization and GREAT editing features!

[MaggieMae]

Picassa

I echo Julie's suggestion. I still can't believe Picassa is free! I've had it for a long time and I keep waiting for it to cost something!

[Bobby Bear]

Thanks for this heads up.
I just downloaded it.I have a couple of graphics programs now,but always looking for anything to make life easier.

Regards,
Bobby Bear

[jazzieal]

Thanks

For the tips..have them downloaded but not installed yet..Im really looking forward to trying the photo program

[srussell]

Right at the top of this thread... the very first post...

[babylicious36]

this program came already with my computer when i got it, never knew what it was for and now i do. Thankyou Steve.

[mh51]

whats the link for it?

...here we are (better late than NEVER)...

http://picasa.google.com/download/

[mh51]

Can anyone tell me if OpenOffice will open WORD documents???
Also EXCEL worksheets???
Does it have an ORGANIZER???

[Vanessa]

Can anyone tell me if OpenOffice will open WORD documents???
Also EXCEL worksheets???
Does it have an ORGANIZER???

Open office will open all MS Office documents, spreadsheets, databases, presentations etc. It will also save to all MS Office formats from Win 95 upwards. It opens and saves PDF and almost all other forms of WP programmes. I have been using this programme for absolutely ages and I love it. It takes a little bit of getting used to because the functionality is slightly different to Word, but I have not come across anything yet that I can do in Word that I cannot replicate in OOffice. The best thing about it is the file size is so much Smaller. It is well worth it and compatible with XP - I am not too sure about Vista (you will have to check their site for this)

[Granny]

Yes, is a great program. Thank you for pointing me in its direction!!!

[Marion]

Yes, It is compatible with Vista.