'''OpenOffice.org''' is a free office suite program comparable to the venerable #REDIRECT [[Microsoft Office]]. It features a word processing program, spreadsheets, slide show presentation, and graphics. It is written in [[Java]] so hypothetically, it can run on any operating system that can support Java 6 or above. As of June 21, 2011, it supports over 120 languages. It originally originated as StarOffice, made by StarDivision. Upon being taken over by [[Sun Microsystems]], the same people who make Java, OpenOffice.org became the top competitor to Microsoft Office. ==Components==OpenOffice.org offers the following components:*Writer, similar to Microsoft Office Word.*Calc, a spreedsheet component with components not available in Microsoft Excel*Impress, a slide show presentation, comparable with Apple Keynote*Base, a database component.*Draw, a vector graphics editor, similar to manual logarithimic scales, but specifically designed to render such equations*Math, a mathmatical formulae comparable to Equation Editor. OpenOffice.org saves all it's files in its own specific extensions <small> eg .odt, .omt etc</small>It can export to PDF documentations.<ref>http://www.openoffice.org/faq</ref> ==Marketing==Sun Microsystems help distribute OpenOffice.org primarily as advertisements in Java Updates. In 2011, Sun and [[Google]] announced that in a partnership, in which OpenOffice.org searches through Google and Google helps distribute OpenOffice.org. Most tech rating groups reviewed it favourably.<ref>http://www.google.com/openoffice</ref> ==References=={{reflist}}[[Category:Software]] ==External links==*[http://www.openoffice.org/ Official website]