Thread: Free Office Apps (Non-MS)

Because Microsoft dominates this market so completely, you may not have known that there's a wide variety of alternative office programs—you know, word processors, spreadsheet editors, presentation programs, and so on—that can do the job for you. Economy-sized, desktop or Web-based, even free. And for your convenience, your friends at Blue Voda Chat and VodaTips makes several of the best just a click away!

Free Desktop & Web-based Office Suites

• OpenOffice – Complete desktop office suite
• NeoOffice – Complete desktop office suite for Macs
• ThinkFree – Web-based document editor & exchange
• Contact Office – Web-based virtual office
• Ajax13 – Complete Web-based office suite
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets – Web-based word processor and spreadsheets

Commercial Desktop Office Suites

• StarOffice
• Easy Office
• 602 PC Suite

Free Stand-Alone Programs

• AbiWord – Word processor
• Yeah Write – Word processor
• Powerbullet Presenter – Presentation program
• EditGrid – Web-based spreadsheet editor
• PDF995 – PDF converter without Watermarks or Ads Embedded
• Scribus – Desktop publishing software

Enjoy! ..... and pass the word that you can find answers at VodaTips.com! Coming Summer 2007

Lest we forget....

I use primo pdf - no sponsor ads .. as the free versions of 995 display a sponsor page in your web browser each time you run the software, unless of course you pay the 9.95 to remove the ad .. even though it doesn't affect the conversion or show on your project.