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When to use Microsoft Office, and when to use something else 6 Articles

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    by Mario Escobedo II

    No doubt, Microsoft Office is the most widely used office suite on the planet. Yet, there are several office alternatives that do just about everything Microsoft does. Best of all, most of these alternatives carry a $0.00 ...read more

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    by Erik Van Tongerloo

    I think Microsoft Office is worldwide the best known and most used program that people use for writing documents, spreadsheets, database, and many more functions. If you receive a text file or a file written in a spreadsh...read more

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    by Joost Steffensen

    Why you should toss out Microsoft office and use OpenOffice instead. In the mid 90's was when the word processing wars were fought and Microsoft won. I remember it very well. My dad had a translating agency where I woul...read more

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    by suntzusays

    For years I used MS Office. No longer, the price considerations versus a free-open source based software that can do most of the same things just don't add up. I've been using OpenOffice for months now. I find that i...read more

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    by David Stone

    I admit that Microsoft Office is a better package if you didn't consider the price. But with a three digit price it's hard to ignore it. OpenOffice.org has a nice price tag of $0 and that's why I use it. It also has one th...read more

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    by Justin Myers

    Microsoft office provides many tools and features that help accomplish daily tasks at the office, at home and for simple data storage. MS Word: This is good for any task that you normally would break out the pen a...read more

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