Free alternatives to Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Office also called MS Office is the de facto office software used through out the world. MS Office suite in it’s basic version comprises of a word processor (MS Word), a spreadsheet (Excel) and a presentation software (PowerPoint).

One grouse that many  people have in using MS Office is that it saves your documents in proprietary file formats. Now a days open file formats are gaining precedence as it is perceived that your data should not be tied to one particular software or platform.

The following are a few very good, free, alternatives to Microsoft Office.

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