OpenOffice programs

OPEN OFFICE

OpenOffice is part of the Open Source initiative, an initiative to freely distribute

software for computers. OpenOffice includes 6 programs; Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw and Math, with similar characteristics to those of Microsoft Office.

1. - WRITER- A word processor very similar to Microsoft Word, with which you can even export PDF files with no additional software. You can save documehts in DOC. format, as well as DOCX., RTF. and XHTML. formats.

2.- IMPRESS- It is a presentation program similar to Power Point. It can export files in flash format, and it can read Power Point's ppt. format. However, while Power Point gives you pre-made templates, Impress does not.

3.- CALC- This program is similar to Microsoft Excel. Apart from having the same features as Excel, it has other tools that Mocrosoft's version doesn't have, such as a system that automatically defines series for graphing. It can also export files in PDF format.


4.BASE- It is a database managemet program similar to Microsoft Access. It can be used to format JET, ODBC and MySQL formats. However, it is the least used and downloaded OpenOffice program.

5. DRAW- It is a program similar to Micrososft Visio with which you can draw objects, connect vectors and you can even make flowcharts and many other diagrams. You can export files in .PDF format.

6. MATH- It is a program similar to Microsoft Equation Editor. You have the ability to create mathematical formulas and insert them into other documents in WRITER, for example. It can also export in PDF format.

In general, and although OpenOffice is a very good option, I personally prefer Microsoft Office, because I am more used to using it, it has more features and you are sure that the formats are going to be comatible.