We are all very accustomed to using Microsoft Office. It is the most prevalent office productivity software for personal as well as business. Maybe it is time to get out of the comfort zone and ...

SoftMaker’s FreeOffice Linux office suite is a LibreOffice look-alike that provides strong performance compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. SoftMaker, based in Germany, offers a line of open ...

C ollabora Online is a suite of web apps for editing documents, based on LibreOffice and intended to compete with Google Docs. Now, Collabora is coming full circle and releasing new desktop ...

Microsoft Office has recently received a steep price hike. If you aren’t a fan of Windows or the sales tactics being used, it’s time to look for an alternative. Among them, open-source alternatives ...

Office suites are important productivity tools that many of us depend on day in and day out. Fortunately, we have a range of office options to choose from in Linux. Some are open source and some are ...

The free open-source alternative to Microsoft Office now has a new edition with enhancements for both users and developers. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

The new LibreOffice 4.3 brings many new useful improvements and features to the program. These include: Document interoperability: Support of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML, aka OpenXML) Strict, ...

Few golden geese in technology have survived as long as Office has for Microsoft. The suite of applications that includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, first released in 1990, generated nearly a third ...

From the Cheapskate: Before you plunk down money for Office 2016, consider whether you can get by with a free suite -- or even Microsoft's free online version! Rick Broida is the author of numerous ...