Do you use an office suite? When you want to type out a document, or create a spreadsheet, how do you do it? You could use Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007 and it would get the job done easily. But, what if you don't have it, and can't afford to pay for it?

You may have heard of OpenOffice, I sure have for a long time. I never gave it a though though, I always had Microsoft Office. I recently decided to try it, and I was blown away. It is very similar to Microsoft Office, and works the same way. The OpenOffice suite has a lot of useful applications

     " OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years' software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. The result: OpenOffice.org 3 does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.  

Best of all, OpenOffice.org 3 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 3 is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like. " - www.openoffice.org

This is the best, free office suite you can get. I would argue that for some people, it is better than Microsoft Office. I highly recommend you try this, whether you have an office suite already or not.