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 The reason for this, is because the WPS format was outdated and replaced by the DOC format.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!
Get more detail about OpenOffice.org 3.x Open Office Suite Software on CD-ROM for Windows (XP, Vista, 7); Latest Stable Release.
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