Microsoft Office Applications were the market leaders over the years, Microsoft Office Word and Excel were the best and most advanced Word processing & Spreadsheet applications. However, the cost of Microsoft Office suite is extremely high and the small businesses or individuals may feel it as a burden. So, I am listing the free alternatives of Microsoft Office available in open source, so that you can use them for your business or for your personal use. Earlier we have mentioned about Best Open Source Alternative’s For Adobe PDF Writer
OpenOffice: This is the best alternative available by sun, OpenOffice has extensive plugins to make the usage very simple. It can also be used as PDF Writer. In some regards it is more powerful that MS Office.
AbiWord : AbiWord is very similar application to MS Word, MS Word users wont find much problem in switching over to this application and will certainly love it as it is one of best powerful free word processor.
Google Docs : Google Docs is the best available online suite and is the best available alternative for the users who have online access. The only constraint would be that you need have connected to Internet when you use this application.
Let us know if you know any other best alternatives for MS Office… 
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I have been using Open Office and Google Docs since a long time now! I am loving it.
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even i m using ope offcie .. I started using Google docs recently and found that it is very useful..
I simply love OpenOfice, it is great and I am using it from my college time.
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OpenOffice is the best alternate to MS Office as far as the world knows. But, the primary question which arises here is, Why are people still purchasing MS Office
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i think openoffice failed to go into the hearts of ppl.. and also they have to concentrate more on interface and spreadsheet.. and also they have to work on docx and xlsx..
If you are looking for online version, there is zoho
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yeah zoho is also good.. i heard it from my brother..
Open office is great, i like the same
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Open office has one drawback. Why should I download a 150MB+ setup? They should work to trim it. Moreover lately MSWord has a tiny plug-in which would make it ready for editing/converting word to PDF. Google Docs is good with one limitation: you need be online.
I wont agree with you basant.. it is far better when compared to 450+ mb setup file of MS office.. and more over it comes for free..
Open Office simply rocks.
I have already used Open Office and Google Docs. Havent yet tried AbiWord. Will check it.
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Thanks for sharing. Good one
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