Documents, Charts and Presentations are Biz Essentials

A good Office Suite is 'must have' software for any business. Cover letters, proposals, scope of work and contracts all require a good document editor. Creating, arranging, charting and calculating tabular data require a good spreadsheet program. You need a good presentation software to create slick presentations to clients, prospects, bankers and investors.

An office suite brings all these features together in a tight package that will let you get your work done effectively and quickly.

Format is Important

Microsoft Office format is the de-facto standard, when you have to send these documents to others or receive from them. If you use an office suite other than Microsoft Office, it should be able to open, edit and save files in the Microsoft Office format, namely .doc, .xls and .ppt file formats.

Free Open Source OpenOffice

Free open source office suites are available that will let you do all this without spending any money. You can download OpenOffice free of charge. OpenOffice also allows you to export to PDF format.

Read a User Case Study

Here is a user case study of a financial firm switching from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice. Please note this case study refers to an older version of OpenOffice.

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