I can't understand why the professional office suite programs cost so much. Everybody uses them and there's not a whole lot to the concept. Not only that, but the cost of just word processors has been just outside of my budget for quite some time. Which is why I went so long using the generic notepad and wordpad that comes standard in Windows.When I finally had some spare cash I was wil...

Open Office 3.1 is an office suite that is similar in description to Microsoft Office. It has a word document application, a spreadsheet application, a drawing application, etc. The remarkable part of Open Office is that it is completely free. One must consider the advantages and disadvantages of the program before abandoning Microsoft's software though.The download size of Open Office i...