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Open Source Movement Word Processor Spreadsheets Presentation Software Comparison with Microsoft’s Office
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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3D, art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. Easy-to-use diagramming tools Slide show animation effects
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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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