Microsoft Office free alternative

[Mike Raburn]

My "evaluation" copy of MS Office 2010 expired and I stumbled upon this.

http://www.libreoffice.org/download/

I've used Open Office, another excellent free alternative, before so I wanted to try something different.

Libre does open a little slow at 1st but does handle all of the current MS files.

Also allows you to save your files as a pdf like Open Office.

[nhibbard]

Open Office is great if you don't need Excel or Outlook. I used it for a year or so. Google docs is decent for some things but nothing replaces the smooth options of Office.