Now, it’s safe to assume that whoever is reading this article either has seen the internet, or even more likely, uses the internet on a regular basis. As many people probably have experienced, there are many different web-browsing applications out there, and many have good and unique features. An especially popular we browser is Mozilla’s Firefox. Now many people are more familiar with Windows Internet Explorer program, and probably use it often.

Open Office is a free online, open source alternative to Microsoft Word. Open Office is a program that was developed and evolved from Star Office. 1999 was the first year that Open office became accessible to the public for free. Now, Open Office has many advantages when compared to MS Office. To start with, Open Office is free, while a copy of Microsoft Word can run you anywhere from $130-350 dollars. People are able to go to Open Office’s website, and download Open Office, along with all of their office programs for free.