Must-have freebies for Mac
Boost your Mac’s toolset without busting your bank account
OpenOffice is a surprisingly comprehensive office suite that’s available for free.
Apache OpenOffice
> FROM
openoffice.org
> NEEDS Mac OS X 10.7 or later
If
you’re
having
compatibility
problems
when
passing
on
files
or
need
a
feature
that
no
other
free
option
offers,
it’s
worth
a
look
at
OpenOffice. The app offers a range of apps, namely Writer (word processor), Calc (spreadsheet), Impress (presentation app), Draw (vector graphics), Math (equation editor) and Base (database management). Crossplatform and inter-app operability is strong, making it a good option for sharing files or if you use different computers and software. Admittedly, if you’re looking more for free productivity tools, Apache OpenOffice isn’t the best of the bunch. It’s not as accessible as Bean for word processing, nor as Maclike and friendly as Apple’s own Pages, Numbers and Keynote. But for multi-doc type collaboration it could be for you.