There are many alternatives available, but Apache OpenOffice is the first legitimate free contender to Microsoft Office. Read our review.

Let the games begin. Tuesday, the Apache Software Foundation announced the first official release of Apache OpenOffice, version 3.4, since Oracle donated it to the ASF in mid 2011.

What is Apache OpenOffice? Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is free and open source software for office productivity owned by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

OpenOffice Calc: How to Encrypt a File. OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office suite. Designed to compete with software such as Microsoft Office and Corel's WordPerfect Office, it includes a ...

Lagging slightly behind Microsoft Office in features, Apache OpenOffice has a lot of functionality and flexibility, as well as tight integration among components. It's also free and open-source.

An older Office OpenOffice 4.0 has five main programs; Writer, the Calc spreadsheet, Impress presentation software, Base and Draw, plus Math, a formula editor.

OpenOffice's graduation to a top-level project at Apache now clears he way for faster cloud innovation, especially as Microsoft Office 365's debut nears. Plans for "Cloud Apache OpenOffice" will ...

Can OpenOffice Run Excel?. In the free open-source office suite Apache OpenOffice, Calc is the spreadsheet equivalent to Microsoft Excel.

Due to lack of developers, " Apache OpenOffice (AOO) ", which suggested the completion of the project once in September 2016, was subsequently decided to continue development for the ...

In its first major revision in more than a year, the Apache OpenOffice suite now comes with a sidebar, from which users can launch their favorite tools.