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OpenOffice Offline Installer - If a friend or colleague asks you to recommend an office suite, your first thought is likely to be Office for PC or iWork for Mac. Both don't come cheap, which can make it a prohibitive cost for a small or individual business. The need to run Office for compatibility's sake is no longer as compelling as it was either, with a raft of free alternatives all capable of opening even the latest Office document formats with few problems.

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Of those free alternatives, the granddaddy is OpenOffice, the first serious rival to Microsoft Office. Despite losing its way of late - leading to rival LibreOffice taking the lead, OpenOffice is now firmly back on track and making waves of its own.

For those uninterested in such rivalry, the key thing to note is that OpenOffice will write and open most Office formats, while its cross-platform nature means you can use it across Windows, Mac, and Linux without having to learn a whole new way of doing things. That compares favorably to the Mac and Windows versions of Office, which are very different beasts, making it hard to become experts across both.

OpenOffice ships with a document writer, a spreadsheet, a presentation maker and many other modules. Everything you need to run your business. OpenOffice also saves your documents in the open document format (ODF) meaning that they can be opened within other office suites, even Office itself.

Version 4.1.3 comes with the following changes:

- Key security vulnerability fixes

- Support for new language dictionaries

- Numerous bug fixes, including installer and database support on OS X.

- Enhancements to the build tools (for developers).

Apache OpenOffice is a full suite of office applications: word processor, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and graphics. Not always matching Microsoft Office in terms of maximum bells and whistles, each application goes far beyond the basics in its class.

Apache OpenOffice is a long-standing competitor to Microsoft Office, with the roots of its code going back over ten years. It is a free, open-source product under the auspices of the well-known Apache Software Foundation, with regular updates, maintenance, and bug fixes.

Like LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, Apache OpenOffice "forked" from Oracle OpenOffice (which grew from StarOffice) in 2010. The sidebar interface was based on Lotus Symphony, which was donated to Apache Software in 2012. Despite the multiple code inputs, Apache OpenOffice feels cohesive and smooth-- important in an office suite.

The individual applications in Apache OpenOffice have a good level of integration. The menu and toolbar for each window are relevant to the current document, but you can always go to the "File" menu and create a new document of another type, which will then open in its own window. Including information from other applications, such as database rows in a Writer document, is not particularly difficult.

The writer offers a long list of functions: document templates, frames, mail merge, a style manager, section-based headers and footers, and much more. The sidebar docking feature introduced in Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is very useful if you have a wide monitor, as it's easy to place multiple panels so that all controls are visible and accessible.

The layout and design options are flexible, but not quite at the level of Word 2007. For example, if you select a 'banded' table style, and insert or delete rows, the banding does not automatically adjust; you must select the table and re-apply the style.

Base provides a functional set of database design and formatting tools. Some of the interface elements, such as query creation, are not entirely intuitive. There were some oddities that are sensible in retrospect, but don't call themselves out to a user: For example, switching a text field from "single line" to "multiline with formatting" disconnected it from the underlying database field (a long text field), because formatted text requires a binary field. I 'd have appreciated a warning or error message.

This points out one of the flaws with Apache OpenOffice: The documentation is sparse, and not well-aimed at non-technical users. Writing code is more fulfilling and interesting, as an end in itself than writing documentation, so this is a common issue with open source software.

General interface responsiveness in Apache OpenOffice is good, though there's a very slight bagginess. Generally, AOO obeys standard Windows OS conventions. The look and feel are closer to XP than to Vista or 7-- and leagues away from 8, for which it's tested but not yet certified-- which many will consider a feature. I experienced no redraw issues, artifacts, or other oddities.

Overall, I like Apache OpenOffice. The feature set includes what I expect in an office suite, and the developers have made a strong effort to make switching between applications feel intuitive and smooth. A Windows-only user who already has access to recent versions of Office will probably not be tempted unless they genuinely prefer open source for personal or financial reasons ... but those who have no office suite, those who need a multi-platform (Windows, Mac OS, and * nix), and those who have the only older version of Office will all find something worth checking out.

If you only need a single one of the components, the strength of the individual applications is such that Apache OpenOffice is fine even. You won't sacrifice significant functionality. Given that it's free, it's hard to argue against at least trying it out.

If a friend or colleague asks you to recommend an office suite, your first thought is likely to be Office for PC or iWork for Mac. The need to run Office for compatibility's sake is no longer as compelling as it was either, with a raft of free alternatives all capable of opening even the latest Office document formats with few problems.

OpenOffice also saves your documents in the open document format (ODF) meaning that they can be opened within other office suites, even Office itself.

Apache OpenOffice is a full suite of office applications: word processor, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and graphics. A Windows-only user who already has access to recent versions of Office will probably not be tempted unless they genuinely prefer open source for financial or personal reasons ... but those who have no office suite, those who need a multi-platform (Windows, Mac OS, and * nix), and those who have the only older version of Office will all find something worth checking out.

Title: OpenOffice_4.1.3


Filename: Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Win_x86_install_en-GB.exe


Requirements: Windows XP,Windows Vista (32 bit),Windows 7 (32 bit),Windows Vista (64 bit),Windows 7 (64 bit),Windows 8,windows 10,Mac OS X,Linux


Languages: Multiple languages


Licence:Open Source


Developer:The Apache Software Foundation


Download link = Download For Windows


Download link = Download For Linux


Download link = Download For Windows

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