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Open Office

Can someone please give me the link for Open Office?

I Googled it and saw there was 2009 Free from Open Office.com and Download now from Open Office.org and I don't know which one or what is the difference.

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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    The address is OpenOffice.org.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    Marty_J wrote: »
    The address is OpenOffice.org.

    Thank you very much but what is the differance?
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Openoffice.org is the website of Open Office; openoffice.com is not.

    The person who purchased the latter is obviously hoping to profit from the confusion.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    Marty_J wrote: »
    Openoffice.org is the website of Open Office; openoffice.com is not.

    The person who purchased the latter is obviously hoping to profit from the confusion.

    Thank you, I downloaded from the site you quoted then tried to install and a message said can not continue because a newer version of Internet Explorer detected. What do I do now?
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    It appears to be OK now - thanks
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    I have that trial version of Office 2007 that I do not use as I now have Open Office - Can someone please tell me if it is OK to remove Office 2007 by using Programs in Control Panel.

    Also after downloading Open Office I now see I have a full version of Microsoft Works on the laptop can you please tell me which is the best to use?
  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    Now you have OpenOffice.org, you need neither Microsoft Office nor Microsoft Works. The former - being a trial - will be of very little use to you once it expires, whilst the latter has limited support for non-native file formats.
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