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OpenOffice.Org is a very good, open source alternative to proprietary office suites, and is available free of cost just like any other open source application. OpenOffice 2.3 was scheduled to be released on September 17, 2007 but it has been made available a day earlier on some download mirrors.

OpenOffice 2.3 Features

OpenOffice 2.3 boasts of some improved features, that include the following:

  • New chart wizard, with support for 3D Charts
  • Revamped Toolbars
  • Export documents as Wiki pages on OpenOffice 2.3 Writer
  • Enhanced Autosum on OpenOffice 2.3 Calc
  • Report Builder on OpenOffice 2.3 Base

Download OpenOffice 2.3

OpenOffice 2.3 will actually made available on the official site very soon, but those who love to try it can download it from a mirror here.

So will you use OpenOffice as your primary office suite? Or do you prefer commercial programs. Share your thoughts in the comments.

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September 16th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

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  • http://www.sizlopedia.com Dj Flush

    To tell you the truth I haven’t even once tried this Open Office :P

    I am still using Microsoft Office 2007 but I will give it a try. Thanks for bringing this to spotlight.

  • http://www.sizzledcore.com Haris

    Never used it before. But this time it looks more promising than ever. I’ll download it once I get over with my illness.

  • http://dragonchasers.com Pete S

    I prefer OpenOffice to MS Office. It feels less bloated to me. I hate how MS Office always wants to “help” me in ways I don’t want it to.

  • http://roffi.akuatika.net Roffi

    Open Office is good, but not good enough (coz I had some problems with Microsoft Office users)

  • http://ashwinr.com/ Ashwin

    In my Laptop I’ve Office 2004 installed but in my PC, I don’t have any office softies installed. I don’t need them. Occasionally to open files, now we have various online versions for free…. :D

  • http://www.rahulpatel.in rahul

    grundgy -well online tools are handy but when u offline or in the middle of journey with no wifi around u might need such :)

  • http://www.technoworld.uni.cc Siddharth

    Hmmm
    Nice news
    I like Open Office
    I am sure Open Office will defeat MS office in every aspect. ;-)

  • http://indyankk.blogspot.com indyank

    Well you can get staroffice(a commercial version of Sun’s openoffice) and hence with more features than openoffice with google pack!! :)

    Read my article for the info.

    http://indyankk.blogspot.com/2007/09/get-sun-microsystems-staroffice-for.html

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    Those of you haven’t tried this, should give it a try :)
    I’ll not say it’s great, but it’s worth a try. There are some niggles here and there though.

    @Pete S: Haha yes, people also don’t seem to like that F1 Microsoft animated helper. :P
    @Ashwin: Same here. I don’t have any office suites installed on my computer :D
    @Rahul: I don’t have a lappy, so that’s not a problem to me :)
    @Siddharth: Let’s see.
    @Indyank: Thanks for dropping by and sharing that piece of information.

  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    This is a good alternative to MS word. I’ll try it.

  • http://ashwinr.com/ Ashwin

    rahul –
    You really don’t need Office softwares unless you are working on something/officially. MS office is a bloated need for personal use. :)

  • http://www.teknobites.com ram

    I do use OpenOffice, i don’t have latest MS Office. thanks for the info but i will wait until it releases officially, becoz with the pre releases sometime there may be packaging errors and missing files.

  • http://technixupdate.com abhishek bhatnagar

    well i have used open office…n i must say it is much better if you work in open office as compared specially when it comes to using templates in open office.

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    @Ram, Abhishek: Thanks for sharing your views

  • http://www.techlivez.com Shashank

    Good life ahead for openoffice users as IBM has decided to back open office …It will get more better features soon
    Microsoft won’t be feeling good :D

  • http://www.siteguide.us Vijay

    I simply love openoffice, it certainly is compact and quite useful for me!

  • http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c markofando

    Want to start your private office arms race right now?

    I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.

    Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters – which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
    You can get the gadget here: http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c

    Check out the video they have on the page.

    Cheers

    Marko Fando

  • http://aveson.org Alice Kechichian

    I would like a copy of Open Office on disc. We are not able to download the program off your website. We are Aveson Charter School and we are loading it on all our computers.

    Thank,
    Alice
    626.797.1440