best office alternatives

[the_ultimate_evil]

does anyone have any info on alternatives to microsoft office. i just realized i dont have anything like it on my laptop

 

[Teelie]

Apache Open Office immediately springs to mind. There's also OpenOffice which may or may not be based on the original. I'm not sure exactly what the difference between the two is. Apache's is the .org domain which I remember from their starting days.

 

[ComicChick]

i was going to recommend OpenOffice as well

 

[random_havoc]

I use Apple products, and their word Processor (Pages) is excellent. If you have multiple Apple products the advantage is that it automatically saves any change to iCloud so no matter which device you open your file on it's always automatically up to date on all of them.

 

[Persistence]

Pages is good and cheap on Apple products...and there is a beta version you can try if you have at least an iCloud account.

Google Docs is another option.

 

[Perfect Cell]

It really does depend on how heavy a user you are of Office products. If you're just making simple spreadsheets, or writing out simple word documents, then Google Docs is probably more than enough. And it has the benefit of being web-based, so it doesn't require you to install anything. You just need a Google Account. If you have an Android phone (or iPhone, I think), they have apps for the individual office editors.

 

[Doctor Evo]

I'd probably recommend OpenOffice, though I'll also say that Microsoft Office is much better, in my opinion.