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PC Magazine November 26, 2007 Edward Mendelson |
The Best Office Alternatives Most of us use Microsoft Office, but there are plenty of alternatives. Is there one that's better, cheaper, or more convenient for you to use? |
PC Magazine January 19, 2006 Mendelson & Dragan |
Corel WordPerfect Office X3 Standard Edition Get the office apps you need, minus the aggravation, with Corel WordPerfect Office X3... StarOffice 8.0... OpenOffice.org... Microsoft Office 12 Beta 1 and its components... |
PC Magazine December 29, 2005 Mendelson & Dragen |
StarOffice 8.0 StarOffice 8.0 has everything you need to make the break from Microsoft Office... Openoffice.org 2.0... Microsoft Office 12... Microsoft Word 12... Microsoft Excel 12... Microsoft Outlook 12... Microsoft PowerPoint 12... Microsoft Access 12... etc. |
PC Magazine October 27, 2004 Sarah Pike |
Freeware Goes To Work Three viable office suites that don't cost a cent, as well as free word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications: OpenOffice.org 1.1.2... 602PC Suite 4.1... Powerbullet Presenter 1.35... AbiWord 2.0 ... etc. |
PC Magazine May 11, 2010 Edward Mendelson |
Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft delivers serious power and polish with Office 2010, but unless you need its new high-end features (like 64-bit code, for big Excel spreadsheets), it's an early-adopter, power-user product.... OpenOffice... Zoho... |
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Jim Wagner |
OpenOffice.org Opens 2.0 Doors The latest version of the open source office suite is now open for business in what can potentially be a wedge against Microsoft Office. |
Macworld January 27, 2006 Jeffery Battersby |
ThinkFree Office 3.0 If you have to create and edit Word and Excel documents -- but you don't need all of the high-end features available in those programs -- ThinkFree Office offers a viable and inexpensive alternative. |
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Edward Mendelson |
StarOffice 7 Makes a Run at Office Can Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 7 supplant Microsoft Office on your desktop? |
PC Magazine August 24, 2007 Edward Mendelson |
iWork '08 An innovative new spreadsheet, a graphics-centric alternative to Microsoft Office, and tight integration with Mac OS X are at the core of Apple's iWork '08. |
PC Magazine May 20, 2010 Edward Mendelson |
Office 2010: Not Your Only Choice Microsoft Office 2010 is the obvious choice when it comes to office suites. But is it always the right one? What about Google Docs, OpenOffice.org, Zoho, or Coral WordPerfect Office? Is one of these alternatives right for you? |
Macworld October 2002 Jeffery Battersby |
Java-Based App Offers Affordable and Easy Access to Microsoft Office Documents ThinkFree's self-titled ThinkFree Office 2.0, an OS-X native, Java-based application, gives you access to Office's most-used features in a package that won't leave you wishing you'd spent more money. |
PC Magazine February 18, 2009 Edward Mendelson |
OpenOffice.org: 7 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do OpenOffice.org has tricks even Office can't manage. Here are a few that may not be obvious, plus a few ways to make it less annoying out of the box. |
PC Magazine October 17, 2006 Edward Mendelson |
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Google Docs & Spreadsheets online word processor and spreadsheet isn't perfect, but it's one of our favorite no-software-necessary productivity apps. |
PC World June 2005 Edward N. Albro |
OpenOffice.org Offers a Suite Alternative The beta of version 2 adds a database application and makes some minor tweaks. |
PC World November 28, 2006 Arar et al. |
Microsoft Office 2007: A Worthy Upgrade This redesigned productivity suite is powerful and full featured, once you get used to the changes. |
PC Magazine April 12, 2004 Edward Mendelson |
WordPerfect Office 12 Standard Edition Those who need an MS Office-compatible suite but can't swing the purchase price for MS Office should take a look. |
PC World November 21, 2006 Michael S. Lasky |
Your Online Office Internet productivity suites innovate with online sharing and storage, but don't yet challenge Microsoft for document-creation features. |
PC Magazine July 31, 2006 Edward Mendelson |
FlySuite FlySuite is a limited, buggy, but workable system for storing and online sharing of simple word-processing files and spreadsheets. |
InternetNews August 9, 2005 David Needle |
ThinkFree's Office Alternative For Linux ThinkFree Office 3 is a low-cost Microsoft-compatible package that brings a familiar interface to the Linux platform. |
PC Magazine January 20, 2009 Edward Mendelson |
iWork '09 iWork '09 gives Apple a lot to boast about. The new version easily outclasses Microsoft Office as the suite of choice for home, student, and some, but certainly not all, business users. |
PC Magazine September 13, 2006 Mendelson & Metz |
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh There's a big new mile-stone in the development of the next version of the suite and it's worth taking a look. |
PC World August 2004 Harry McCracken |
WordPerfect, Microsoft Office Style If you can't beat Microsoft Office, mimic it--at a lower price. That's the philosophy behind WordPerfect Office 12. |
PC World July 24, 2007 Christopher Null |
Get to Your Data Anywhere and Anytime: Tools and Tips You never know where or when you'll need to get work done. Here is how to ensure that your vital programs and files will always be along for the ride. |
PC Magazine November 18, 2009 Edward Mendelson |
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta There are no big disruptive innovations like the Ribbon in Office 2010, just a bunch of solid new features and enhancements. |
PC Magazine March 10, 2004 Jamie M. Bsales |
The Other Office With WordPerfect Office 12, Corel hopes to steal some thunder from the dominant productivity suite, Microsoft Office. |
PC World January 2002 George Campbell |
Low-Cost Microsoft Office Alternatives StarOffice 6 and EasyOffice Premium 3 offer low-priced office suites with varying features... |
Macworld August 16, 2007 Rob Griffiths |
Numbers '08 Numbers '08 is a strong entry for Apple in the spreadsheet arena, especially for those who find Excel's feature set overwhelming. |
Entrepreneur December 2003 Hyman & Kooser |
Tech Buzz Improving your business's Web search status... a full office suite for next-to-nothing... etc. |
InternetNews May 29, 2009 David Needle |
Android to Get ThinkFree Office Suite ThinkFree's Mobile for Android will also let users create and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. |
PC World January 3, 2007 Christopher Null |
DataViz Documents To Go Premium Edition 9 This suite is the best way to edit files on your Palm, but the latest version adds few new tricks. |
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Mendelson & Dragan |
Microsoft Office 12 Beta 1: Extreme Makeover Office 12 will be the biggest update to Microsoft's flagship office suite in ten years. Find out just how big the changes will be. |
Linux Journal February 1, 2007 Marcel Gagne |
Cooking with Linux - Words, Words, Words... When it comes to being understood and sharing information, it's not just about open source, it's about open standards. |
Macworld January 2001 Tom Negrino |
Get It Together Take Charge of Your Life with Microsoft Office 2001's New Suite of Programs... |
PC World August 2006 Michael S. Lasky |
First Look: Office 2007 Public Beta Office 2007's new interface and file formats are both a blessing and a curse. |
Inc. July 2009 John Brandon |
Cheap Alternatives to PowerPoint These three presentation tools, SlideRocket, Zoho Show, and Impress are like PowerPoint, only free. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Joel Bruckenstein |
Advisor's Guide To Word 2007 Virtually every advisor in the U.S. uses Microsoft Word to some extent, so we all are impacted by the release of MS Word 2007. Here's what you need to know about the new release. |
Search Engine Watch October 18, 2006 Chris Sherman |
A Closer Look at Google Docs & Spreadsheets Google has integrated its online spreadsheet and word processor into a single free service that's now available to anyone with a Google account. How does it compare to Microsoft Word & Excel? |
BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Look Out, Microsoft Office Web-based programs have their limitations, but the price is right. |
PC World October 22, 2002 Yardena Arar |
Microsoft Unveils Office 11 First beta reveals XML support enhancing collaborative functions, plus updated Outlook. |
CFO February 1, 2008 John Goff |
Radical Cells Free spreadsheets? Google, OpenOffice, and others offer intriguing alternatives to Microsoft Excel. |
PC World March 2006 Dennis O'Reilly |
Web Services Versus Microsoft Office Companies offer free online alternatives to Microsoft productivity apps. |
PC World February 2006 Michael S. Lasky |
A Smart New Office We tried out the first beta of Microsoft's major overhaul of its venerable office suite and for the most part, we liked what we saw. |
InternetNews January 4, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas |
Office 12 Beta Shows Off New UI Contextual tools are key to finding features of Microsoft's Office 12. |
PC World February 2001 |
So Long, Shrink-Wrap? Application service providers claim that their Web-based programs signal the end of the line for shrink-wrapped software. But how do their offerings stack up? |
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Edward Mendelson |
Office Problems, Solved! Some of the most notorious problems and the most useful tricks with Microsoft office. |
PC Magazine July 6, 2006 Galen Fott |
Apple iWork '06 For word processing, the Apple iWork '06 Pages program is no match for Microsoft Word or ThinkFree Office 3.0. But it's capable, and its ability to create gorgeous documents easily is unequaled on the Mac. |
Macworld March 2004 Jeffery Battersby |
Mariner Write 3.5 and Mariner Calc 5.2 Strong Applications Undermined by Inconsistent Compatibility with Microsoft Office. |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2008 Anders Bylund |
The Fall of Microsoft Office It will be long, slow, and painful, and Redmond won't know how to stop it. |
PC World August 2005 Steve Fox |
Plugged In - Office 12: Easier Data Updates Plus: Office Opens Up... The Sound of Radio... A Motherboard Built for Two... A Robot With a Mop... Here/Now... |
PC World December 22, 2006 Ryan Singel |
The Web's Most Useful Sites You have lots of stuff to get done. And these next-generation services can help with everything from wrangling passwords to throwing a party. |