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If you work with databases, you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s an Access alternative available called Base. It’s also worth mentioning that OpenOffice has its own formula editor called Math and drawing application named Draw.

Even though OpenOffice offers alternatives for many Microsoft Office applications, we have to mention that OpenOffice is lacking certain apps. Unlike Microsoft Office, OpenOffice doesn’t have Outlook or Publisher alternatives, so if you’re frequently using Outlook or Publisher, you won’t find their replacement in OpenOffice.

All of these can be found once you’ve opened OpenOffice for Windows 10, Windows 8, and it will great you with a window, asking what product you want to use. Also, what makes OpenOffice so great it the online database of add-ons. Similar to Mozilla’s Extension website, here you can find a great deal of tools.

Anything from various templates for almost any task to compatibility tools, spelling dictionaries and other functions can be freely downloaded and added to OpenOffice 3. This makes it much more useful and by selecting the right add-ons, you can create a customized version of OpenOffice with all the features that you want.

I love using OpenOffice, and thanks to the fact that it is fully compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8, I can now have the MS Office alternative that I used to enjoy on previous versions of Windows.

Keep in mind that OpenOffice uses its own open standards and formats such as OpenDocument Format (ODF). Of course, Open Office fully supports all file types that Microsoft Office uses, so you can easily open any Microsoft Office file in OpenOffice without using any additional plugins.

Download Latest Version of OpenOffice for Windows 10, Windows 8

Major update

Support for annotating and commenting on selected text ranges.

New commenting and annotation feature makes it possible for users to now select blocks of text for commenting on.

Writer users also gain in-place editing capabilities in text fields, while Impress and Draw now supports interactive cropping of transformed graphics

Stability improvements should also make the Import Picture from File and Drag & Drop Graphic Data features more robust.

Support for the IAccessible2 interface

Better performance when loading and importing large 3D charts, with the program better capable of keeping original graphic data intact instead of modifying it

Six new languages — including Bulgarian, Danish, Hindi and Thai

Apache OpenOffice Beta 4.10 – released on March 10, 2014 with an approximate size of 137 megabytes.

Overall, OpenOffice is a great tool and alternative to Microsoft Office. Keep in mind that that OpenOffice doesn’t offer replacement for Outlook or Publisher, but if you don’t use those apps you’ll find OpenOffice more than suitable for your needs.

It’s also worth mentioning that OpenOffice doesn’t have the same streamlined interface as Microsoft Office, and many Microsoft Office users might see that as a flaw. However, it won’t take you long to fully adjust to OpenOffice’s user interface.

Another problem that some users might have is the lack of certain features in OpenOffice. OpenOffice is a solid alternative, but you might find that certain features from Microsoft Office are missing. However, you should be able to overcome this limitation by using add-ons.

What else can we say about OpenOffice? OpenOffice is a solid alternative to Microsoft Office, it’s available for all desktop platforms and it’s completely free. If you can’t afford the latest version of Microsoft Office, be sure to consider trying OpenOffice.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in April 2013 and has been since completely revamped and updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.

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