OpenOffice 2.0, a free alternative to Microsoft Office, has just been released. Open Office features a Word compatible word processor, a Excel compatible spread sheet program, and a Power Point like presentation software. Two nice features in OpenOffice are the ability to create PDF and Flash files. The main drawback to OpenOffice still seems to be it is slower than Microsoft Office when opening and saving documents.

Note: For those Palm users out there remember if you want to ability to save files as DOC files you need to do an custom install. When the program asks for a list of features to install find the section labeled mobile device filters and under Palm click on the drop down box selecting ‘this feature, and all sub features, will be installed on local hard drive’.

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