OpenOffice.org 3.x Open Office Suite Software on CD-ROM for Windows (XP, Vista, 7); Latest Stable Release

by BrandTech

Product Features

• Package contains Windows version CD-ROM of OpenOffice.org office suite with installation instructions.
• Complete office suite software, latest stable release version 3.2
• Includes OpenOffice.org Writer (Text Document), Calc (Spreadsheet), Impress (Presentation), Draw (Drawing), Base (Database) and Math (Formula)
• System Requirements: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7; Pentium or compatible 500Mhz CPU (1Ghz Recommended); 256MB RAM (512MB Recommended); 650MB Hard Disk space; Graphics card with 1024x768 resolution displaying 256 colors or higher
• Easy to use! Ability to open, edit and save virtually any office file format, including all MS Office files, Word Perfect files and Open document files, HTML and much more! Upgradeable and expandable via free plug-ins and templates online!

Product Details

• ASIN: B0033VD0N2
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 11, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,089 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

The CD-ROM contains the latest, stable release version of OpenOffice.org office suite version 3.2 for Windows. Suite includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math software components. Installation instructions included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best, lowest cost office software in the world., May 14, 2010

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X Clark - See all my reviews

This review is from: OpenOffice.org 3.x Open Office Suite Software on CD-ROM for Windows (XP, Vista, 7); Latest Stable Release (CD-ROM)

OpenOffice.org version 3.2 is the latest stable release and by far, the most useful version to date. It's compatible with virtually every office suite out there, including the new Microsoft Office 2007 file formats. Older versions of OpenOffice.org were incompatible with the new file formats, but version 3.2 is now compatible and auto associates all office files upon installation. For those of you who own an older version, buy the latest or download the update and you shouldn't have any more issues with Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility.

On a side note, the WPS file format is a Microsoft Works word processing document, NOT Microsoft Word document, and is still incompatible with OpenOffice.org. The reason for this, is because the WPS format was outdated and replaced by the DOC format. For those of you who are upgrading from Works to ANY office program other than the latest Microsoft Office 2007, be sure to save all of your WPS files into RTF or DOC if available. There are also free converters out there on the internet.

As a brief overview of what OpenOffice.org can do, this is a short basic list of various projects you can do with it: Text Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings, Databases and Formulas. On top of this basic list, you can download thousands of FREE templates online for whatever kind of project you need. Anything from business cards, wedding invitations, greeting and holiday cards, to inventory lists, monthly budgets, crafts and much more. I highly encourage anyone to give the new 3.2 version a try!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No reason to buy Microsoft Office . . ., January 14, 2011

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Monte - See all my reviews

This review is from: OpenOffice.org 3.x Open Office Suite Software on CD-ROM for Windows (XP, Vista, 7); Latest Stable Release (CD-ROM)

I've used openoffice to practice law for nearly ten years and have *no* complaints.

Two caveats:

1. As with Microsoft, Corel or Apple software, there's an initial period of learning where the features are located in the software.

2. Also like Microsoft or Corel or Apple, there are occasionally issues that arise with other software users having to do with incompatible files or file-formatting.

The first issue was solved for me in a few hours by using the software. The help files and online forums are great. The interface is intuitive and similar to other office suites.

The second issue is generally solved by saving documents from openoffice in the appropriate Microsoft or another format or by exporting the document directly to pdf which openoffice does without a problem.

The free community technical support in forums and online is fast and free since openoffice is "open source" which has attracted a community of users who share information about how to use it. Since the source code is open, anyone who can code can find and fix bugs. I understand that commercial tech support packages are available, but I've never needed one.

As mentioned, my work often requires intensive text formatting, editing and other uses of word processing and spreadsheet documents. Openoffice has been a game-changer. I can't imagine that I would ever go back to Microsoft Office or Corel while openoffice is available and open source. I use it for everything, and there seems to be no limit to how it can be customized.

Unlike Microsoft products which change in frustrating and unpredictable ways every few years, openoffice has actually gotten easier to use as the years have passed.

And it's worth mentioning too that openoffice is licensed so that it can be downloaded for free from the openoffice.org website. I'm not aware of a reason to pay money to receive a copy unless maybe you need a dvd copy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everybody's Office Suite, June 11, 2011

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Acute Observer (N. Jersey Shore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OpenOffice.org 3.x Open Office Suite Software on CD-ROM for Windows (XP, Vista, 7); Latest Stable Release (CD-ROM)

OpenOffice 3.0

`OpenOffice' is a free office product that runs in Windows 2000, XP, and other operating systems. It can be downloaded (over 320 Mb) or obtained from various sources. It uses the open end standardized ODF document format. You may find it in your public library with Internet access. OpenOffice has six main applications: `Text Document', `Spreadsheet', `Presentation', `Drawing', `Database', and `Formula'. The `Template' references existing documents, as does `Open a Document'. The applications have on-line help available for their functions.

`Text Document' allows you to create a document and save it in various formats: Rich Text Format, Microsoft Word, StarWriter, PDF, and others. Rich Text Format or Microsoft Word 95 allows the use of other word processors. It is not mentioned, but it will read WordPerfect documents (.wpd) but not save in this format.
`Spreadsheet' allows reading an Excel document (.xls). An Excel Workbook (.xlw) may not be converted correctly. You can save the spreadsheet in various formats: Microsoft Excel, dBASE, Data Interchange Format, StarCalc, Text CSV (comma separated values), and others.

`Presentation' allows creation of slide shows for presentations. You can save a document in these formats: Microsoft Power Point, StarDraw, and others. `Drawing' allows creation of documents which can be saved in these formats: StarDraw, ODF Drawing, and others.
`Database' allows the creation and editing of a database. You can only save in ODF Database format. `Formula' allows creating mathematical formulas for printing. This is a useful application for education. You can save the document in ODF Formula, StarMath, or MathML.

I found saving a document in RTF or Microsoft Word 95 to be most practical for those who use another word processor. The `Spreadsheet' could read a workbook (.xlw) but generated errors in some of the worksheeets. This was not a problem for Microsoft Excel 97, or the original Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk4) spreadsheet.
This is a good product for people who do not want a full-strength application suite. It does word processing well, and I don't use the other features.