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OPEN-OFFICE

Nagendra R. Prajapati
CONTENTS

OPEN-OFFICE ?
0PEN-OFFICE EXAMPLES
ANALOGOUS DIFFERENCE
KEY-FEATURES
OPEN-OFFICE ?
• Open Office is an open source which means that the
source code is public, and it can be changed and
customized by the public. On the contrary, MS Office is
not an open source and is proprietary software. As such,
the public cannot make changes or customize it.
• It was developed by Star Office and later it is acquired
by Sun Microsystem in 1999
• Open source office software typically contains the same
applications as proprietary office software
OPEN-OFFICE EXAMPLES
OPEN-OFFICE EXAMPLES

 It was initially released in May 2002


 Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for
word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and
more.
 It is available in many languages and works on all common computers.
OPEN-OFFICE EXAMPLES

 It was initially released in January 2011


 LibreOffice is Free and Open Source Software, available for everyone to
use, share and modify, and produced by a worldwide community of
hundreds of developers.
 Basically it is found in Linux type Operating system.
ANALOGOUS DIFFERENCE

Word Writer Writer

Excel Calc Calc

Power-point Impress Impress


MAJOR DIFFERENCE

Parameters of
Comparison MS- office Apache open office
• Microsoft (Bill Gates) • Sun Microsystems
• Developer
• It is a suite of different • It is a suite of an open-
• Definition applications, servers, and source productivity
software suite.
services.
• Costs • Free of cost
• It can be expensive.
• Supports Windows,
• Operating Systems • Supports Windows and Mac OpenVMS, Linux, Solaris,
platforms. BSD, OS/2, IRIX.
• Components
• Word, PowerPoint, Excel, • Writer, Impress, Draw,
Outlook, OneNote, Math, Base, Calculator.
Publisher,
KEY FEATURES
KEY FEATURES

No need to buy. No need to purchase license key


KEY FEATURES

Good enough for majority of users who don’t want to exchange complicated data with
Microsoft users
KEY FEATURES

As it is open source hence free for everyone


KEY FEATURES

Can work in any type of operating system like Linux, OS X, windows, Solaris
KEY FEATURES

Available in 121 languages

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