5 Best Free Microsoft Office Alternatives you should use.

Microsoft office is the major productivity package which contains number of useful tools like Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint etc. But we cant get it for free. Microsoft office is the commercial version developed Microsoft Corporation. Actually the price of this package is higher than windows OS. Actually this package is available 60 days for free. However, it’s important for small business owners to know that these types of office applications are also available in free and open source office productivity applications.

Open source office software has come a long way in recent years, so choosing free software over expensive proprietary software doesn’t mean you’ll lose features and support. Today’s open source office productivity software is feature-rich and provides ample access to online documentation and large communities of users and developers.

Most free or open source alternatives to Microsoft Office have the basics applications for office productivity: word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Several of the alternatives provide more, including drawing applications, database tools and storage options. Here are some alternatives to Microsoft office.

1. openoffice:

Its an open source office package maintained by the apache software foundation. Its popular for office use and it would be a perfect
alternative Microsoft office. Because

features:

• easy to use interface and user friendly environment
• It is available in many different languages.
• Powerful word-processing applications are available.
• You can insert some more templates to extend the productivity.
• Microsoft office applications are also compatible.

Download link: Openoffice

2. Kingsoft office:

Kingsoft office is being popular over the recent days and it is lately enters into the office package race but still it is also best choice for 
windows users to create better word documents, spreadsheets and presentations too.

Features:

• It is very less in size but works well on windows operating system with maximum functions.
• It able to open non kingsoft office documents like Microsoft office
• Built-in office to pdf converter allows you to convert all office documents into pdf
• It supports all office latest versions includes many formats
• Automatic spell checker and you can share files through mail
• Multiple tabs are available to switch between documents and spreadsheets easily

Download link: Kingsoft office

3. libreoffice:

libreoffice is another great office package to fulfill your requirements and it is available for free with common applications.

features:

• It supports editing of all other office packages.
• Simple menus and options makes this package is an user friendly package
• It is available for free and gives maximum exposure with in less amount of storage.
• Libre office base application allows you to connect with all major database programs.
• You can give great presentations with this package application.

Download link: Libreoffice

4. Google Docs:

Google docs is the leading office package on the internet and it gives amazing features those are not available in all office suites. Those 
all features and functions are available for free to every user.

Features:

• Access from anywhere in the world and it is the main use of online office package.
• You can embed these documents,spreadsheets and other presentations in webpages allows
• You can directly download into several formats like pdf
• Several themes are available to enhance the document and spreadsheets styles
• Share them to every one by using collaboration features
• Other office documents are also compatible by the Google docs

Download link: Google Docs

5. Free Office:

Free Office is another free alternative to Microsoft office which have the common functionalities for normal users and it is easy to 
use with basic functions and you can use it as a better processing application.

Features:

• It opens Microsoft office documents and open office documents too
• You can create pdf documents from the text maker
• Spell checking is done in English by default,you can extend this with importing 58 language dictionaries
• Plan maker has smart text feature,it gives full abbreviation to short words
• Draw shapes in the document directly and it supported in Microsoft auto shapes

Extra Bonus:

> NeoOffice: Office applications for Mac OS X

The NeoOffice suite is an OpenOffice fork that was created before OpenOffice and LibreOffice supported Mac OS.

NeoOffice has nearly all of the features found in OpenOffice.org but, in focusing on the unique needs of Mac users, offers a Mac-like installation process and better support for Mac features, including integration into the OS X interface and use of Mac OS X fonts and printing services.

Download Link: NeoOffice

> KOffice: The integrated office suite

KOffice offers the three main tools of any office suite: a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation application. KOffice is open source and licensed under the LGPL 2.0. It is available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X systems. The 
latest release is KOffice 2.3.3.

Download Link: KOffice