(based on 297 reviews)

OpenOffice.org 3.2.0

Rated 50/50 by mancubs at Mar 10, 2010

ms is crap its bloatware, ooo is better and its free so if you are stupid enough to pay ms its ripe of price , go for it

Rated 50/50 by Trillogy1 at Mar 9, 2010

"Does everything Microsoft Office does and more." It's easy to use, you can save in Microsoft formats if you want, plus others. And, it's free and constantly evolving. The lack of a program similar to outlook. However, that is available through another company. With the open code, people are writing new features as the product evolves. If you like MS Office, then you will have no trouble using this product.

Rated 40/50 by jkh129 at Mar 8, 2010

"Thank you for an alternative ." Just what I need! No problems,whatsoever! Thanks, again

Rated 40/50 by clamoreaux at Mar 8, 2010

"fast and smooth" loads and saves many formats nothing bad so far. Works in Win 7, unlike a few of my older programs. Makes slide presentations and can save them as Power Point format, although I don't know why anyone would want to.

Rated 40/50 by msappling at Mar 7, 2010

"It's Great" Free and it works as good as Office. Can't complain. Plus it's free.

Rated 50/50 by Jasama32 at Mar 7, 2010

"Better THan MS Office!" THe fact its just as good as any office software if not better stable and reliable! Just as many features as any of those paid ones! Cons none really The only cons is that is not more Open Office users! I think this is an excellent example of how good open software can be.

Rated 50/50 by fultonpl at Mar 3, 2010

"Intuitive functionality" Controls and shortcuts for word processing documents are thoughtfully laid out and just make sense where they are. None that I could find. Great program. Works well, does all that expected and is easy to use.

Rated 50/50 by 333dave at Mar 3, 2010

"excellent replacment to MS" easy to use GUI sometimes it can be a little confusing

Rated 50/50 by chrsdj at Mar 2, 2010

"Free document software that matches Microsoft Office." Does everything you could want a document suite, and for free! Compatible with most every document format. Slow to load. Great free program to write or work with all kinds of documents, even for those who can afford Microsoft Office!

Rated 50/50 by cjollimore at Mar 1, 2010

"terrific product" This program makes working in my OpenOffice documents a breeze using my smaller netbook which does not have the capacity to hold Open Office. Using Open Office portable lets me use my documents without transfering them to another type of document. There are no cons.

Rated 40/50 by stacontherock at Mar 1, 2010

"still learning to use it" its awesomely free!!! not a thing It appears to be an easy program, but I'm really not familiar with anything like it, so I'm still learning. Other folks who use MS Office say this is just as good, so I take it as a good sign! Thank you for a free, easy to use product!

Rated 40/50 by lloyd sundby at Feb 24, 2010

"Can't be beat at any price" Power to preform even the most complex tasks and the price cannot be beat. I would like to see a lighter version for us average people.

Rated 40/50 by babsalot at Feb 24, 2010

"It's easy to use." I like it because it's just like microsoft office in many ways. In many ways, it's easier to use than microsoft office. It doesn't have as many bells and whistles on that you have to figure how to use. I don't like it because I'm never sure if what I'm sending is going to be compatible with the other computer's software.

Rated 30/50 by JannzCraftShop at Feb 23, 2010

"Great Program" As opposition to Windows Professional for writer, excel etc a great program Still very slow to load when you initially open the program I love the lay out and ease of use, but still think it is slow to respond on loading and opening.

Rated 40/50 by 3XLLL at Feb 23, 2010

"It's free but you're not getting an inferior program." The 2 best things are that the program is free and included is the ability to convert your files to PDFs without having the buy an expensive program. Some of the functions are a bit convoluted. The drawing, for example, takes more steps to get something done than a comparable program. The other thing is that you need to convert a file or document to PDF to be able to email it. I like the product a lot, but it takes some practice figuring out some of its functions. It's not as similar to Word as it seems.

Rated 50/50 by Rusty Knight at Feb 23, 2010

using the draw program was able to quickly and easily make scetches and diagrams. I do notice a slight pattern of blocks instead of an even flow of lines. I was able to quickly and easily learn and use. The weakness I experienced is probably just an issue I need to learn to use the feature properly but I was unable to use fine detail in setting lines and items. The program tended to use a block pattern like a grid. Going to continue to learn the features of the draw before continueing on with the word aspect which I was familair with in the previous build of open office.

Rated 50/50 by misrati at Feb 14, 2010

"perfect and all you need" free and give you all you need little slow open office is a perfect for all its features and has many features that microsoft office doesnt have like pdf conversion but just if get faster on startup cuz it is little annoying

Rated 50/50 by Indian_art at Feb 13, 2010

"Too good to be free!" * Fast* Stable* Lots of features*FREE* Multi Platform*PDF export Needs more publicity & Marketing This download is a must!

Rated 30/50 by Mr Shaun Warburton at Feb 13, 2010

"What No PIM?" good but would be even better, with a PIM simmiler to Outlook What do you want it is FREE not $200.00 like some we can mention

Rated 40/50 by PrivettP at Feb 13, 2010

Now works with MS Docx s documents. Stability issues and a variety of models have been completed and now work. Appears very close to MS Office 2003. Power Point Equivalent and Flow Charts still requires a little work I have a MacBook Pro and have been watching this software improve in all the right ways. With each update, OOo comes much closer to becoming user friendlier and adds more features. The most important program in an office suite is the word processor and then the spreadsheet for me. I think they have now made a wonderful suite that can satisfy most peoples needs. Some work needs to be done on the Flow Charting as well. The documents format makes is take less space and more secure. Password protection for each document or all document is also a nice added feature. This is what happens when Microsoft does everything possible to crush the competition and refuses to invest it's own R&D to innovate. A team of companies get together and move to take over that place with a better business model. Microsoft has let it happen and other than add docsx , functionality (that was stolen from another company, nothing except the ribbon has changed. In the meantime the project goes on. This update can keep me going. I look forward to the next update to word.