OpenOffice Writer

OpenOffice Base

OpenOffice is one of the leading office software suites for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages, including Microsoft Office®.

OpenOffice is easy to learn, and if you're already using another office software package, you'll take to the software straight away. If you already have files from another office package - OpenOffice will probably read them with no difficulty.

OpenOffice Calc

OpenOffice Impress

Scribus

Scribus is designed for layout, typesetting and to prepare files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books.

HomeBank

HomeBank is designed to be easy to use and be able to analyse your personal finance and budget in detail using powerful filtering tools and beautiful charts.

Import from many formats: Easily import your accounts from Quicken or Microsoft Money, and many other financial management programs. Supported file formats includes QIF, OFX, QFX, and CSV.

GNUCash

GNUCash is designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.

Task Coach

Task Coach is a comprehensive todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It is designed for composite tasks, and also offers effort tracking, categories, notes and more.

FreeMind

FreeMind allows the user to edit a hierarchical set of ideas around a central concept. The non-linear approach assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map.

PNotes

PNotes allows you to throw away the physical stickies and replace them with virtual ones on your desktop.

PDF Creator

PDF Creator converts every printable document to PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF and more. PDF Creator installs on your computer as a printer driver. Whenever you print a document out with PDF Creator, it creates the document as a .pdf file.

Clipart

The Ultimate Office Suite has a huge collection of clipart (over 12,000 images) in SVG format that can be imported directly into Open Office. The SVG format is scalable, so you can resize it without it becoming pixelated (grainy).

The Bonus Productivity Pack comes with 3 essential utilities that everyone should own.

     7-Zip is a file archiver, an application used primarily to compress files. 7-Zip uses its own 7z archive format, but can read and write several other archive formats.

     Notepad++ is a powerful, feature-packed text editor that has everything Notepad needs but lacks (it can replace Notepad in Windows). It supports 27 programming languages, searches regular expressions, and supports syntax highlighting and folding, synchronized edits and views, and much more.

     KeePass Password Safe is a lightweight, and easy-to-use password manager for Windows. With so many passwords to remember and the need to vary passwords to protect your valuable data, it?s nice to have KeePass to manage your passwords in a secure way.