The cost of deploying a well-known office suite such as Microsoft Office within an organisation can be prohibitive, not to mention the cost of upgrades when new versions are inevitably released. Open Office is an open source rendition of Microsoft Office offering equivalent word processing, spreadsheet and presentation packages. What's more, the user interface of Open Office has been designed specifically to give users a familiar desktop experience and overall working environment. Open Office is able to read natively saved MS Office documents, as well as save documents in the standard Microsoft format, meaning that documents and spreadsheets are readily interchangable with users of MS Office. There are a number of small differences between Microsoft Office and Open Office, but users soon grow accustomed to these and are generally very happy with the open source version of their office productivity software; not to mention the potentially huge savings in licensing costs.

• All the functionality you would expect from a modern office suite
• Word processor
• Spreadsheet
• Presentation Software
• Databases
• Support for opening and saving in file formats from many other office suites allowing you to easily exchange documents with companies still using other software, and ensuring that all your existing files are accessable
• No ongoing license, subscription or upgrade costs
• Runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX, all with support for multiple languages