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If you’re thinking about buying the latest version of Microsoft Office, it’s going to cost you $399 for each PC you own (or $239 if you qualify for an upgrade from an older version). If you need at ...

Want to get the power of the free OpenOffice, and combine it with the collaboration capabilities of Google Docs? There’s a way to get the best of both worlds, with a free OpenOffice extension. As I ...

On Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites. OpenOffice’s toolkit allows ...

OpenOffice 2.0.1 now comes on a flash drive--but an analyst claims that at 144MB, the software's too bloated to be truly portable. The latest version of Portable OpenOffice.org, an edition of the open ...