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OpenOffice.org provides all of the functionality you expect from a powerful office application and in a format that most users have got used to over the years. It simplifies many of the functions that are overly complex in some environments. But it is always compatible with the formats that your friends, colleagues and clients are using.

Word processing. OpenOffice.org offers a familiar, easy-to-use word-processing experience. With a range of short-cuts to help improve your productivity, along with all the basic tools you need, OpenOffice.org can help you produce professional-quality documentation. Fully compatible with Microsoft Word (TM), users can save documents as .doc or .pdf. Separately, there is a reader for PDFs so you can accommodate all your favourite formats. New features include collaboration on documents, enhanced note-making features and improved zoom features so you can see where you are more easily on long documents.

Microsoft Word (TM) save as .doc as a simple option.

Spreadsheets. Not always a fun tool but definitely an essential one, the OpenOffice.org Calc is feature-rich. It provides access to the full range of tricks and time-saving techniques that you have built up over the years. Display your data in easy-to-build charts or build your own macros for the advanced user - it's the rich experience you have come to know. Open Office 3.0 offers chart enhancements, 1024 column support, an improved icon set, and you can also collaborate on spreadsheets through a sharing feature that allows multiple contributions while minimising version-control issues. It's the only full-featured spreadsheet you will ever need.

Spreadsheets.

Presentations. Colourful, animated, projected, powerful, simple - whatever impact you are looking for, the presentation builder in OpenOffice.org will help you achieve it. Import images, handle multiple fonts, transition between slides, play multimedia - your presentations will not lack the wow factor. And, it's completely compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint (TM).

Import images, handle multiple fonts, transition between slides, play multimedia.

Note taking through Tomboy. The ultimate scratch pad - online. Tomboy simplifies the taking and recording of notes in a meeting through reducing its base tasks. Add a title and it indexes it straight away. Simple and effective.

Note taking through Tom Boy.

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