If you're coming fresh from Microsoft Excel, you might wonder where the Pivot tables are in OpenOffice.org Calc. The problem is, they're masquerading under the name of DataPilots. But, under any name, ...

OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office suite. Designed to compete with software such as Microsoft Office and Corel's WordPerfect Office, it includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation ...

How does OpenOffice.org (OOo) compare with Microsoft Office (MSO)? The question is harder to answer than you might expect. Few users have the experience or patience to do a thorough comparison. Too ...

OpenOffice.org is one of the leading competitors to the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications. Originally developed as StarOffice in the late 1990s, the suite had been managed ...

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In last week's shootout, where I matched Microsoft Excel against OpenOffice.org Calc, OpenOffice.org came out on the short end of the stick in my benchmark tests. The tests not only showed Excel to ...

Now 15 years old, the open source productivity suite is still gaining fans and improving compatibility with its chief rival, Microsoft Office. Readers weigh in on version 3 of the suite. Although ...

Some developers of the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite announced a break from Oracle on Tuesday, introducing a new name for the project and establishing a new foundation to guide its future.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Last month saw the latest release of OpenOffice.org 3.2, ...