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[Kemik]

Hello all,

As I don't really want to buy Microsoft Office I decided to give OpenOffice a try. The word processor and spreadsheet software works great, however the database software really isn't up to par. It won't even start for me. I may have to reinstall it.

Does anyone have any other office style programs? I only really need a word processor, spreadsheet and database software.

Thank you!

[Daniel_G]

I can't really reccommend anything other than MS Office and OpenOffice. You could try Microsoft Works, its a really dumbed down version of MS Office and i'm not even sure if it has database...or spreadsheet for that matter, I haven't used it in a while.

[trau]

Have you tried Ability Office? http://www.ability.com/

[rocketcity]

Take a look at 602software look at their 602 pc suite. It has been a long time since I used it (I now use a Mac ) but when I did, they had a good data base system and word processor.

It does cost a little, Starts at $39.95 US & comes with a 30 day free trial.

[hekwu]

You can get office 2007 for free (it is legal beta). That would at least let you have free office until Jan/Feb 2007, I believe.

It seems ok...

http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev.../overview.mspx

[Mark S]

Originally Posted by Kemik

Hello all,

As I don't really want to buy Microsoft Office I decided to give OpenOffice a try. The word processor and spreadsheet software works great, however the database software really isn't up to par. It won't even start for me. I may have to reinstall it.

Does anyone have any other office style programs? I only really need a word processor, spreadsheet and database software.

Thank you!

When you say "Database software" do you mean an equivalent to MS Access? Something with such a interface for free is going to be hard to come by...