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
• 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 ..