StarOffice

StarOffice is a productivity application suite created by the Oracle Corporation. It is an application that includes a number of sub-apps such as the word processor, spreadsheet, database, illustrator, presentation maker, schedule management, e-mail, and newsgroup component.

Features:

• It is available in 11 languages
• It is compatible with the similar and familiar Microsoft (MS) Office components
• It supports all versions of Windows operating systems with 32-bits and 64-bits platforms
• It has no restrictions.
• It works with files in popular office document formats by creating or editing them with the toolset of the suite.

As a good substitute for MS suite programs, StarOffice greatly performs on-par with its counterpart. With all the sub-apps in a single full application, it stands to aid productivity in all projects it is used for. Thus, there are some of the sub-apps:

StarOffice is a free productivity application that performs functions similar to microsoft suites.

Word processor is the word editor used for editing texts and can be saved in readable formats compatible with Microsoft Word. The spreadsheet is also called calc for making calculations and is compatible with Microsoft Excel. The database is called base and is used for storage of records. Presentation maker is used for making presentation and compatible with Microsoft Powerpoint, schedule management is used for making schedules, e-mail is compatible with and Microsoft outlook.