6. System Requirements Description OpenOffice.org Microsoft Office 2007 Hardware architecture PC Sun SPARC PC Memory 128MB 512MB Hard Disk Space 350 MB + 130MB optional languages Standard:1.5GB Pro:2.0 GB Ultimate:3.0GB Video 800x600 or high-res graphic device 256 colors Super VGA (1024X7686) or higher 256+ colors OS Supported Windows 98, ME Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Solaris OE Linux x86 OS X Windows XP, 2003, Vista OS X
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8. OpenOffice.org software provides advanced HTML creations, easy HTML creation code handling and URL links built into OpenOffice.org software
9. OpenOffice.org is better able to handle web documents being streamed from HTML/PHP and other languages.
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11. A Variety of Charting options are available in both the suites. 79 different chart types in OpenOffice.org vs. 73 in Office.
16. Also OpenOffice.org Software utilizes the concept “everything in one place” so all tools to perform a related task are grouped together, making them easier to find.
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18. Updates to OpenOffice.org are also free. Microsoft has suite updates where the entire program changes costing us between $240 to $540.
19. OpenOffice.org has code beyond a company... Because the source code is available, OpenOffice is not dependent on its current crop of developers. Good code does not disappear even if the company falters.
20. OpenOffice uses Open Standards... any other software that supports these standards can read and write OpenOffice.org documents.
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Microsoft Office 2007 Pro and Ultimate require about half a gig of free space. Also note the significant extra memory required to run each additional Microsoft application. With openoffice.org all modules run using only a slight increase in incremental system resources for each additional module launched.
Both feature: Formatting Different editing vies spelling/thesaurus Auto correct,format text Versioning tracking changes, red-lines and notes Header/footer, table of contents, index foot notes etc. Web publishing Web editing Saving to server Document sharing server Save presentations as self-running web pages Built in PDF Export And running XSLT Scripts (Office Pro only)
Open office provides a powerful database frontend. Autopilots helping you at the creation of database tables, forms, reports and queries. Use the powerful HSQL file format to save your forms, reports and queries with the data in a single file. Microsoft office provides the access database with the Professional version of the office suite only!