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PC Workshop:
Office Productivity

Text Editor - learn more

Notepad, EditPad, MetaPad, NoteTab

Word Processor - learn more

Word, WordPerfect

Database - learn more

Access, MySQL, Oracle

Spreadsheet - learn more

Excel, Sphygmic

Desktop Publishing

add-in software

Add-ins are special software programs that add functions and tools not available in the commercial programs. Learn more from Office Power.

Be careful because a poorly written add-in can screw up the program's other functions.

Office-like suites with similar features to Microsoft's

Sun Microsystems' StarOffice - free

Software602's PC Suite

FREE Alternative to MS OfficeŽ compatible with Word/Excel files! The suite is composed of four full-featured applications: a word processor, spreadsheet, graphics editor and digital photo organizer.

OpenOffice.org

An Open Source community project building the next generation of office-productivity software. Sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc., and hosted by CollabNet, Inc., OpenOffice.org provides the full infrastructure for global, Open Source community work and growth.

Corel's WordPerfect - $250

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PDF

Adobe's free conversion service

Send an email to pdf2html@adobe.com or pdf2txt@adobe.com (depending on the conversion to do).

Leave the subject and message fields of your email blank (and don't use stationery).

Attach the PDF file you want to convert to your email and send it off.

Within minutes you'll get an email containing the converted document.