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The advantages of OpenOffice.org

Here are some of the advantages of OpenOffice.org over other office

suites:

• No licensing fees. OOo is free for anyone to use and distribute at

no cost. Many features that are available as extra cost add-ins in

other office suites (like PDF export) are free with OOo. There are

no hidden charges now or in the future.

• Open source. You can distribute, copy, and modify the software

as much as you wish, in accordance with either of OOo’s Open

Source licenses.

• Cross-platform. OOo3 runs on several hardware architectures

and under multiple operating systems, such as Microsoft

Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Sun Solaris.

• Extensive language support. OOo’s user interface is available

in over 40 languages, and the OOo project provides spelling,

hyphenation, and thesaurus dictionaries in over 70 languages and

dialects. OOo also provides support for both Complex Text Layout

(CTL) and Right to Left (RTL) layout languages (such as Hindi,

Hebrew, and Arabic).

• Consistent user interface. All the components have a similar

“look and feel,” making them easy to use and master.

• Integration. The components of OpenOffice.org are well

integrated with one another.

– All the components share a common spelling checker and

other tools, which are used consistently across the suite. For

example, the drawing tools available in Writer are also found

in Calc, with similar but enhanced versions in Impress and

Draw.

– You do not need to know which application was used to create

a particular file (for example, you can open a Draw file from

Writer).

• Granularity. Usually, if you change an option, it affects all

components. However, OOo options can be set at a component

level or even document level.

• File compatibility. In addition to its native OpenDocument

formats, OOo includes PDF and Flash export capabilities, as well

as support for opening and saving files in many common formats

including Microsoft Office, HTML, XML, WordPerfect, and Lotus

123 formats. New in OOo3 (using an extension): the ability to

import and edit some PDF files.

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