OpenOffice: Free Microsoft Office Replacement Netbook

OpenOffice is a free and open source replacement of Microsoft Office for Netbook. If you do not want to spend money on Microsoft office for yoru netbook, OpenOffice is a good free alternative of that. OpenOffice comes is a good choice for your netbook for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and even databases. Best of all, OpenOffice can open all your existing Microsoft Office documeents on your netbook, and can also create and edit documents that are compatible with Microsoft Office.

OpenOffice Suite comes with following modules:

OpenOffice Writer: OpenOffice Writer is a full featured word processing software for your Netbook, and comes with features like auto complete, auto format, Indexes, Table of Contents, and a lot more. You can comfortably use OpenOffice Writer on your netbook, without needing any training. The interface is intuituve, and easy to understand. It can open your exisint documents that are in .doc or .docx format, and even create new documents in these formats. All in all, OpenOffice Writer is a full featured Word processing suite that can easily replace Microsoft Word on your netbook.

OpenOffice Calc: OpenOffice Calc is free Microsoft Excel replacement for Netbook. It is a full featured spreadsheet editor. It comes with all the popular features of Microsoft Excel, like, Pivot Tables, formulas, sum, functions, multiple sheets, and a lot more. I personally find OpenOffice Calc even better than Microsoft Excel. So, if you are looking for free Microsoft Excel for your Netbook, OpenOffice Calc is a good choice.

OpenOffice Impress: OpenOffice Impress is a free Microsoft Powerpoint replacement for Netbook. OpenOffice Impress lets you create nice slideshows, add 2D and 3D clip art, use master slides, add animation, and a lot more. It can edit your existing Microsoft Powerpoint presentations as well. OpenOffice Impress is really good, and full featured. This would be a good alternative for Micrsoft Powerpoint on your Netbook.

OpenOffice Base: OpenOffice Base is free Microsoft Access replacement for Netbook. You can create and modify tables, add forms, run queries, and create reports. That covers pretty much everything that you can do with Microsoft Access. You can do all these activities in design mode, or use wizards for these. So, if you want a Microsoft Access alternative for netbook, OpenOffice Base is a good choice.

OpenOffice Draw: OpenOffice Draw is an interesting module of OpenOffice. OpenOffice Draw lets you create from simple sketches to complex diagrams. You can create flowcharts, organization charts, network diagrams, and a lot more. It is a small, lightweight, and free modeling and diagramming tool for your netbook.

As you would have realized till now, OpenOffice is a really full featured software, and is a good free replacement for Microsoft Office for your Netbook. If you do not need the entire OpenOffice suite, you can choose to install only a few of the modules from above. Just download OpenOffice using your favorite download manager, and install the components that you want. For most normal home users, Writer and Calc components should be enough. This ensures that OpenOffice does not occupies a lot of hard disk and memory on your netbook. If you just want a word processing suite for your netbook, you can use AbiWord.