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Openoffice.org Writer is a fully equipped freeware word processor. This free alternative to Word has features such as AutoCorrect, AutoComplete, AutoFormat, Styles and Formatting, Text Frames and Linking, Tables of Contents, Indexing, Bibliographical Cross-References, Illustrations, Tables, and much more.
Writer can open and save MS Word documents (.DOC), as well as many other file formats such as Star Writer (.SDW) and RTF. For a comparison between Open office.org Writer and MS Word 2007, see http://www.linux.com/feature/118986.
The OpenOffice suite is available on many platforms, including Windows, MacOS, Linux and Unix.
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> Open Office Draw - A Free Drawing tool
> Open Office Base - Free Database Tool (like MS Access)
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