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Line 1: − '''OpenOffice.org''' is a free office suite program comparable to the venerable [[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== − − *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]
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OpenOffice.org offers the following components: