{"id":95855,"date":"2017-12-15T11:03:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=95855"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:42:39","slug":"6-reasons-openoffice-is-great-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/6-reasons-openoffice-is-great-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"6 reasons OpenOffice is great for business"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenOffice helps you get the job done. It\u2019s a complete set of productivity tools designed to give you all you need in one handy package. <\/span><\/p>\n

From spreadsheets to presentations, composition to graphic design \u2013 OpenOffice does it all. Better yet, it\u2019s absolutely free, and is a compelling alternative to Microsoft Office for businesses, large and small.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are 6 reasons why OpenOffice is great for business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Download OpenOffice<\/a><\/p>\n

1. You can install it on all your computers for free<\/b><\/h3>\n

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OpenOffice uses <\/span>Apache\u2019s 2.0 license<\/span><\/a>. That means you can download as many copies as you like, on as many machines, or share and distribute the software however you want. Whether you\u2019re running a small office of 15 staff, or an international conglomerate, you can install it on all of your business computers free of charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. All upgrades are free<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The same goes for upgrades. When a new version is released, just ask your staff to download and install it. You can specify which version to use, what tools, plugins, and languages to install, making it a highly flexible tool for businesses wanting to cut back on expensive software licenses.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. You own the software<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Microsoft is pushing Office 365 \u2013 a subscription-based service \u2013 for its business customers. You never own the software, and you have to pay a monthly or annual fee to use it. I don\u2019t know about you, but never owning the software doesn\u2019t seem fair. With OpenOffice, you can own the software for <\/span>nothing<\/span>. Forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. It works with other vendors\u2019 file types<\/b><\/h3>\n

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And because OpenOffice supports other vendors\u2019 file types, you don\u2019t need to do any tricky conversion to work with non-native documents. (Minor warning: for heavily formatted .docx files, you might find some discrepancies when importing them into OpenOffice.)<\/span><\/p>\n

4. You can add your own improvements and features<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Perhaps the most useful aspect for businesses is that you (or your IT department) can shape OpenOffice into whatever you want it to be. It\u2019s open-source software, meaning you can change it, add new features, or improve on existing ones. You don\u2019t even have to do it yourself \u2013 post on the forums and perhaps a kind techie will implement said features for you (or at least explain how to do it).<\/span><\/p>\n

5. It supports more languages<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Hundreds of volunteers from all over the world are involved in developing OpenOffice. That means it\u2019s available in over 40 languages \u2013 more than double that of Microsoft Office. And that\u2019s just the interface. There are over 70 custom dictionaries, too, so you can check spelling and grammar of your native tongue. Perfect for your offices at home and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. For older (or less powerful) machines, it performs better than Microsoft Office<\/b><\/h3>\n

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OpenOffice can run on just 256MB of RAM and 650MB available disk space. Microsoft Office, for example, needs 1GB RAM and 3GB available disk space. OpenOffice also runs on older operating systems, such as Windows XP and Windows 2003, and more niche systems like Linux and Ubuntu. Combined, this makes OpenOffice the perfect choice for older computers running less flashy operating systems. It won\u2019t hog your processor, either.<\/span><\/p>\n

OpenOffice makes working on computers fun again. You can access all your productivity tools in one place, and enhance anything you like through its open-source codebase. No subscriptions, no fees, just free software for life. You can\u2019t say fairer than that. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OpenOffice helps you get the job done. It\u2019s a complete set of productivity tools designed to give you all you need in one handy package. From spreadsheets to presentations, composition to graphic design \u2013 OpenOffice does it all. Better yet, it\u2019s absolutely free, and is a compelling alternative to Microsoft Office for businesses, large and … Continue reading “6 reasons OpenOffice is great for business”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":95863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2648],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-95855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionopenoffice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328399,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855\/revisions\/328399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=95855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}