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In computing
Computing

Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and computer software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology....
, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by typical clerical worker and knowledge worker
Knowledge worker

A knowledge worker is a person employed due to his or her knowledge of a subject matter, rather than their ability to perform manual labor. It includes those in the information technology fields, such as developers, system administrators, technical writers and so forth....
s. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface
User interface

The user interface is the aggregate of means by which people—the User s—Interaction with the system—a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tools....
 and usually can interact with each other, sometimes in ways that the operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
 would not normally allow.

The currently dominant office suites are Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
, which is available for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
, and OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
, a free and open source alternative available for all operating systems. The latter is growing some 3,000,000 new users each week.






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In computing
Computing

Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and computer software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology....
, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by typical clerical worker and knowledge worker
Knowledge worker

A knowledge worker is a person employed due to his or her knowledge of a subject matter, rather than their ability to perform manual labor. It includes those in the information technology fields, such as developers, system administrators, technical writers and so forth....
s. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface
User interface

The user interface is the aggregate of means by which people—the User s—Interaction with the system—a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tools....
 and usually can interact with each other, sometimes in ways that the operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
 would not normally allow.

The currently dominant office suites are Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
, which is available for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
, and OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
, a free and open source alternative available for all operating systems. The latter is growing some 3,000,000 new users each week. Microsoft's default file format
File format

A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa....
s have become defaults in traditional proprietary office software, while OpenOffice.org's open file format (ODF
ODF

ODF may be an acronym for:* OpenDocument format, a standard for electronic office documents** OpenDocument Foundation, a defunct organization which had some interest in OpenDocument and alternative formats...
) is becoming the de facto standard for governments, educational environments and businesses seeking neutral document formats for information exchange. There are numerous office suites attempting to challenge Microsoft and OpenOffice.org.

There is currently a trend towards online office suites, sometimes referred to as Office 2.0, which function as web applications, rather than software installed on the local computer. The most well known of these is Google Docs.

Typical office suite components

  • Word processor
    Word processor

    A word processor is a computer Application software used for the production of any sort of printable material.Word processor may also refer to an obsolete type of stand-alone office machine, popular in the 1970s and 80s, combining the keyboard text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter with a dedicated computer for th...
  • Spreadsheet
    Spreadsheet

    A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values....
  • Presentation program
    Presentation program

    A presentation program is a computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show. It typically includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images and a slide-show system to display the content....
  • Database
    Database

    A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
  • Graphics suite
    Graphics suite

    A graphics suite is a software suite for graphics work that are distributed together. The programs are usually able to interact with each other on a higher level than the operating system would normally allow....
  • Communication
    Communication

    Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs...",, 1: an act or instance of transmitting and 3 a: "a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or beha...
  • Email client
  • Personal information manager
  • Notetaking program
    Notetaking

    Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. One major specific type of notetaking is the practice of writing in shorthand, which can allow large amounts of information to be put on paper very quickly....
  • Groupware
  • Formula editor
    Formula editor

    A formula editor is a name for a computer program that is used to typeset mathematical works or formulae.Formula editors typical serve two purposes:...
  • Web log analysis software
    Web log analysis software

    Web log analysis software is a simple kind of Web analytics software that parses a Server log from a web server, and based on the values contained in the log file, derives indicators about who, when, and how a web server is visited....


Multi-platform office suites


Proprietary suites

  • SoftMaker Office
    SoftMaker Office

    SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
     2008 — a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation graphics program, provided by a German company. For Microsoft Windows and Linux.
  • StarOffice
    StarOffice

    StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
     — an office suite from Sun Microsystems. Originally developed by the German firm Star Division, which Sun acquired. Early versions shared code with OpenOffice.org
    OpenOffice.org

    OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
     project, which Sun funded and continues to support, but there has been separate development of the two packages. For Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris.
  • Kingsoft Office (Chinese version known as WPS Office) — a native Chinese-language office suite. English and Japanese versions are currently available also. For Microsoft Windows and some versions are availaible also for Linux.


Freeware suites

  • IBM Lotus Symphony
    Lotus Symphony

    IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
     — based upon an older version of OpenOffice.org. Its components include Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations. For Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.


Open source suites

  • OpenOffice.org
    OpenOffice.org

    OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
     — an open-source software project upon which Sun's StarOffice
    StarOffice

    StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
     is based. The initial code was provided by Sun Microsystems
    Sun Microsystems

    Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
    , based on the Star Office package by German company, Star Division, which it had previously acquired. Sun has provided much of the labor for its development since. Its components include Writer, Impress, Math, Draw, Calc, and Base. Releases are available for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.
  • OpenOffice.org Novell Edition — features the Office Open XML translator add-on. Based upon OpenOffice.org. Its components include Writer, Impress, Math, Draw, Calc, and Base.


Office suites for Microsoft Windows


Proprietary suites

  • Ability Office
    Ability Office

    Ability Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows developed by Ability Plus Software and sold/marketed on an exclusive worldwide basis by ....
  • Celframe Office
    Celframe Office

    Celframe Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows and developed by the US based IT company Celframe. This product cannot be considered just an office suite, but more as a productivity suite as it also provides support for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and CorelDraw like tools as well....
     — supports Microsoft Office and other popular file formats, with a user interface styled on Microsoft Office 2003.
  • EasyOffice
    EasyOffice

    EasyOffice is an office suite for Microsoft Windows developed by E-Press corporation that came in two versions:* EasyOffice Freeware, free for non-commercial personal use....
  • (Evermore Integrated Office) — a Chinese / English / Japanese / French language integrated office suite. Available for Windows / Linux operating systems
  • Framework
    Framework (office suite)

    Framework, launched in 1984, was the first office suite to run on the x86 architecture with DOS operating system. An even earlier integrated suite, actually comparable to the original Macintosh of 1984 and Apple Lisa of 1982 was produced by Seiko Epson, a complete integrated work station based on the previous Zilog Z80 processor and CP/M oper...
     — historical but also still supported for Windows by the present developer, Selection & Functions Inc.
  • Gobe Productive — Originally written for BeOS by developers of the original ClarisWorks, GoBe Productive is a lightweight integrated Works-like office suite with a generous "Hassle-Free License."
  • JUST Suite 2008 - a full Japanese-language suite from JustSystems
    Justsystems

    is a major Japanese software development house. The company is also known as "JustSystem." Its main products are Ichitaro , a word processor, and Hanako, a graphics package that remains competitive in the Japanese market, despite strong and controversial competitive pressures from Microsoft in the 1990s....
    , the most direct competitor to Microsoft Office in Japan. For Windows only.
  • Kingsoft Office (Chinese version known as WPS Office) — a native Chinese-language office suite. English and Japanese versions are currently available also.
  • IBM Lotus SmartSuite
    Lotus SmartSuite

    SmartSuite is an office suite from Lotus Software. Lotus made versions for IBM's OS/2, as well as Microsoft Windows versions.SmartSuite is in maintenance mode, and supported with fixes and fixpacks on Windows 2000 and Windows XP....
     — For Windows 2000 and XP only
  • Microsoft Office
    Microsoft Office

    Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
  • Microsoft Works
    Microsoft Works

    Microsoft Works is an office suite available from Microsoft. Smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite, its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database....
  • SoftMaker Office
    SoftMaker Office

    SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
     2008
  • StarOffice
    StarOffice

    StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
  • WordPerfect Office
    WordPerfect Office

    WordPerfect Office is an office suite developed by Corel Corporation. As of April 2008, the latest version is WordPerfect Office X4 , which is available in various editions, including Standard, Professional, Home & Student and Family Pack Edition....


Freeware suites

  • IBM Lotus Symphony
    Lotus Symphony

    IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
     - Freeware word, spreadsheet and presentation suite.
  • SoftMaker Office
    SoftMaker Office

    SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
     2006
  • WPS Office - The Chinese version is available for free if used non-commecially.


Open source suites

  • GNOME Office
    GNOME Office

    GNOME Office is a free software office suite for GNOME which consists of:*AbiWord word processor*Evolution groupware and e-mail application...
  • KOffice
    KOffice

    KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
     - native for Linux, in Windows only partial beta support
  • OpenOffice.org
    OpenOffice.org

    OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
  • OpenOffice.org Novell Edition


Office suites for Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....


Proprietary suites

  • iWork
    IWork

    iWork is a office suite of applications created by Apple Inc., which contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application; Keynote , a presentation package; and Numbers , a spreadsheet application....
     — Apple Inc.'s Mac-only office suite. Includes Pages
    Pages

    Pages is a word processor and page layout Application software developed by Apple Inc. and a part of the iWork productivity suite developed by Apple....
    , for word-processing, Numbers
    Numbers (software)

    Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers 1.0 was announced on August 7 2007 and runs on Mac OS X v10.4 and Mac OS X v10.5 only....
     for spreadsheets, and Keynote
    Keynote (software)

    Keynote is a presentation program application developed as a part of the iWork productivity suite by Apple Inc. Keynote 5 was announced on January 6, 2009 and is the most recent version....
    , for presentations. iWork replaces the now-discontinued AppleWorks suite.
  • MarinerPak
    Mariner Software

    Mariner Software is an United States corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the Office suite, writing and creative markets....
     — MarinerPak includes Mariner Write, a fully-featured word processor, and Mariner Calc, a fully-featured Spreadsheet application.
  • Microsoft Office for Mac
    Microsoft Office

    Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
     — Microsoft's office suite for Mac operating systems. The current version
    Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

    Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is the most recent version of the Microsoft Office Office suite for Mac OS X. It supersedes Office 2004 for Mac and is the Mac OS X equivalent of Microsoft Office 2007, the latest version for Microsoft Windows....
     is a universal binary
    Universal binary

    A universal binary is, in Apple Inc. parlance, an executable file or Application software Bundle that runs natively on either PowerPC or X86 architecture -based Apple Macintosh computers; it is an implementation of the concept more generally known as a "fat binary"....
     that supports both PowerPC
    PowerPC

    PowerPC is a RISC instruction set architecture created by the 1991 Apple Inc.?IBM?Motorola alliance, known as AIM alliance. Originally intended for personal computers, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular embedded system and high-performance processors....
    - and Intel-based Macs. Prior editions
    Microsoft Office

    Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
     ran on PowerPC systems and Intel based systems using Rosetta.
  • Microsoft Works
    Microsoft Works

    Microsoft Works is an office suite available from Microsoft. Smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite, its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database....
     - 4.0 is the last version for Mac.
  • StarOffice
    StarOffice

    StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
     - Sun's supported version of OpenOffice.org
    OpenOffice.org

    OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
     added support for Intel-based Mac OS X systems with StarOffice 9.


Freeware suites

  • IBM Lotus Symphony
    Lotus Symphony

    IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
     1.2.1 - freeware word, spreadsheet and presentation suite.


Open source suites

  • KOffice
    KOffice

    KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
  • NeoOffice
    NeoOffice

    NeoOffice is an office suite for Mac OS X. It is a Fork of the free software/open source software OpenOffice.org that implements nearly all of the features of the corresponding OpenOffice.org version, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, and graphics program....
     — NeoOffice is a Mac-specific free/open-source software development project, to integrating OpenOffice.org with native features of Mac OS X such as Quartz and Aqua, and by so doing giving the suite a more "Mac-like" look and feel.
  • OpenOffice.org
    OpenOffice.org

    OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
     runs on Mac natively in an Aqua version.


Office suites for Unix
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
/Unix-like
Unix-like

A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
 operating systems


Proprietary suites

  • (Evermore Integrated Office) — a Chinese / English / Japanese / French language integrated office suite. Available for Windows / Linux operating systems
  • SoftMaker Office 2008


Freeware suites

  • IBM Lotus Symphony
    Lotus Symphony

    IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
     - freeware word, spreadsheet and presentation suite.


Open source suites

  • 602Office — a Czech and Slovak commercial version of OpenOffice.org. Contains the 602SQL database program.
  • Andrew — an office suite developed by Carnegie Mellon University
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Carnegie Mellon University is a top private university research university in Pittsburgh. Since its inception, Carnegie Mellon has grown into a world-renowned institution, with numerous programs that are frequently college and university rankings among the best in the world....
     and named after Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie was a Scotland-born United States industrialist, List of business people, and a major philanthropist. He was an immigrant as a child with his parents....
    .
  • GNOME Office
    GNOME Office

    GNOME Office is a free software office suite for GNOME which consists of:*AbiWord word processor*Evolution groupware and e-mail application...
     — includes AbiWord
    AbiWord

    AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" is derived from the root of the Spanish word "wikt:en:abierto#Spanish", meaning "open"....
    , Gnumeric
    Gnumeric

    Gnumeric is a free software spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME desktop and has Windows installers available. It is intended to be a free replacement for proprietary software spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel, which it broadly and openly emulates....
     and GNOME-DB
    GNOME-DB

    GNOME-DB is the database application of GNOME Office, the office suite of the GNOME desktop. The project aims to provide a free unified data access architecture to the GNOME project for all Unix platforms....
     data access components. It is a part of the GNOME environment for the X Window System
    X Window System

    The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions....
     (on Linux, the BSDs, and other Unix-like
    Unix-like

    A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
     operating systems).
  • Jambo OpenOffice
    Jambo OpenOffice

    Jambo OpenOffice is an open source office suite based on OpenOffice.org written for Swahili language speakers and runs on Linux.Created by Kilinux it was released in December 2004 as JambOO.o....
     — a Swahili version of OpenOffice.org.
  • KOffice
    KOffice

    KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
     — a free, integrated office suite for KDE
    KDE

    KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
    .
  • MagyarOffice and EuroOffice — Hungarian and European multilingual commercial office suites based on OpenOffice.org
  • Siag Office
    Siag Office

    Siag Office is a tightly integrated, free software office package for Unix. It consists of the spreadsheet Siag, the word processor Pathetic Writer, the animation program Egon Animator, the text editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu....
     — a free office suite for Unix systems. Primarily written by programmer Ulric Erikkson, with contributions from other authors. Includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, and an animation program.


Online office suites

  • Google Docs — an AJAX
    Ajax

    Ajax may refer to:...
    -based online office suite from Google
    Google

    Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
    , Inc. The suite includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program, and a presentation editor.
  • OpenGoo
    OpenGoo

    OpenGoo is an open source online office suite software package developed by the OpenGoo community. It is a fully featured online office suite with a similar set of features as alternatives: Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Zimbra, and Zoho....
     — an open source, fully featured online office suite. The application can be downloaded and installed on a server.
  • ShareOffice
    ShareOffice

    ShareOffice is an online office suite built on top of the open standards known as OpenSAM . Launched in May 2007 by ShareMethods, the application incorporates, through partnership, a word processor from iNetOffice, a spreadsheet from EditGrid, and a presentation application from Preezo....
     — a Web-based office suite from ShareMethods. This suite utilizes separate word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications from other vendors. It is distributed through Salesforce.com
    Salesforce.com

    Salesforce.com is a vendor of Customer Relationship Management solutions, which it delivers to businesses over the internet using the software as a service model....
    's AppExchange program.
  • Simdesk
    Simdesk

    Simdesk was a Software as a Service provider of on demand messaging and collaboration tools for business. Early in the company's history it sold to municipal authorities....
     — an online office suite from Simdesk Technologies, Inc. This suite offers partial compatibility with the Microsoft Office file formats (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint). With a monthly subscription to Simdesk Services (costing $3.50 – $20 per month), one is allowed to install the application anywhere.
  • ThinkFree Office
    ThinkFree Office

    ThinkFree Office by Haansoft ThinkFree Co. Ltd., a subsidiary company of Haansoft Corporation, is an office suite written in Java that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Macintosh platforms....
     — an office suite written in Java, from ThinkFree, Inc. It includes a word processor (Write), a spreadsheet (Calc), and a presentation program (Show). For Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
  • Zoho Office Suite
    Zoho Office Suite

    The Zoho Office Suite is an online office suite produced by a division of AdventNet Inc. It includes tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, CRM, project management, invoicing and other applications....
     — a free online office suite from AdventNet, Inc. Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and collaboration groupware.


Comparison of general and technical information

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of office suites. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. The table only includes systems that are widely used and currently available.

General information

Developer First public release Predecessor Latest Stable version Operating system Office Open XML support OpenDocument
OpenDocument

The OpenDocument format is a file format for electronic office documents such as spreadsheets, charts, presentation programs and word processor documents....
 support		 License Online capability
Ability Office
Ability Office

Ability Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows developed by Ability Plus Software and sold/marketed on an exclusive worldwide basis by ....
 Ability Plus Software
Ability Plus Software

Ability Plus Software is a global software company.The company's flagship product is Ability Office Professional, the premier edition of their office suite....
 1985 — 5.00 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 Planned for Ability Office 6 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
AppleWorks
AppleWorks

AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
 Apple
Apple Computer

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
 1991 ClarisWorks 6.2.9 Mac OS
Mac OS

Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems....
, Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 and Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Celframe Office
Celframe Office

Celframe Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows and developed by the US based IT company Celframe. This product cannot be considered just an office suite, but more as a productivity suite as it also provides support for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and CorelDraw like tools as well....
 Celframe 2006 (Windows) Celframe Office 2006 Celframe Office Vista - 2007 Celframe Office 2008 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Celframe Office Online - 2009
WordPerfect Office
WordPerfect Office

WordPerfect Office is an office suite developed by Corel Corporation. As of April 2008, the latest version is WordPerfect Office X4 , which is available in various editions, including Standard, Professional, Home & Student and Family Pack Edition....
 Corel
Corel

Corel Corporation is a Canada computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada....
 1991 WordPerfect
WordPerfect

WordPerfect is a proprietary software word processing application, now owned by Corel. Bruce Bastian, a Brigham Young University graduate student and BYU computer science professor Dr....
 (1982)		 X4 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 (import only - docx, xlsx, pptx) (import only - odt) Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
GNOME Office
GNOME Office

GNOME Office is a free software office suite for GNOME which consists of:*AbiWord word processor*Evolution groupware and e-mail application...
 GNOME Foundation
GNOME Foundation

The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project....

AbiSource		 ? — 2.4.5
AbiWord

AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" is derived from the root of the Spanish word "wikt:en:abierto#Spanish", meaning "open"....
/1.6.3
Gnumeric

Gnumeric is a free software spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME desktop and has Windows installers available. It is intended to be a free replacement for proprietary software spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel, which it broadly and openly emulates....
/1.9 & 0.62
GNOME-DB

GNOME-DB is the database application of GNOME Office, the office suite of the GNOME desktop. The project aims to provide a free unified data access architecture to the GNOME project for all Unix platforms....
 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 (Gnumeric has limited SpreadsheetML support) (Gnumeric has limited ODF support) GPL
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
GobeProductive Gobe Software
Gobe Software

Gobe Software, Inc was a software company that published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the publisher of BeOS itself....
 1998 — 3.04 / 2.01 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and BeOS
BeOS

BeOS was an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing modular I/O bandwidth, pervasive multithreading,...
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Google Apps
Google Apps

Google Apps is a service from Google for using custom domain names with several Google products. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites....

Google Docs		 Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
 2006 — beta Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Fully online
iWork
IWork

iWork is a office suite of applications created by Apple Inc., which contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application; Keynote , a presentation package; and Numbers , a spreadsheet application....
 Apple
Apple Computer

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
 2005 AppleWorks
AppleWorks

AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
 '09 Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 (Read-only support, with the ability to save a modified document in iWork, Office (non-xml) and generic formats) Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 iWork.com
IWork.com

iWork.com is an online service by Apple Inc. complementing their iWork suite of office suite. It was released as a software release life cycle#Beta on January 6, 2009 at the last Macworld Conference & Expo to be attended by Apple....
Kingsoft Office
(WPS Office)		 Kingsoft
Kingsoft

Kingsoft is a software company located in PRC. Its products include Kingsoft Office and PowerWord.It states:"We are a leading online game and applications software developer and distributor in China....
 1988 WPS (word processor) 2009 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 (docx and xlsx only) Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
KOffice
KOffice

KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
 KDE Project
KDE

KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....
 1998 — 1.6.3 BSD, Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
, Solaris (Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 and Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 in KDE 4)		 LGPL and GPL
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Lotus SmartSuite
Lotus SmartSuite

SmartSuite is an office suite from Lotus Software. Lotus made versions for IBM's OS/2, as well as Microsoft Windows versions.SmartSuite is in maintenance mode, and supported with fixes and fixpacks on Windows 2000 and Windows XP....
 IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
 1992 — 9.8 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and OS/2
OS/2

OS/2 is a computer operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2," because it was introduced as part of the same generation change release as IBM's "IBM Personal System/2 " line of second-generation personal computers....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Lotus Symphony
Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
 IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
 2007 OpenOffice.org Lotus Symphony 1 Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
, Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 and Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
MarinerPak
Mariner Software

Mariner Software is an United States corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the Office suite, writing and creative markets....
 Mariner Software
Mariner Software

Mariner Software is an United States corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the Office suite, writing and creative markets....
 1996 — 10.0 Mac OS
Mac OS

Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems....
 and Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
 Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 1990 (Macintosh), 1992 (Windows) Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word processor computer software. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems....
 Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet-application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language called VBA ....
 PowerPoint		 2007 (12.0) (Windows), 2008 (12.1.5) (Macintosh) Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Macintosh		 (Office 2007 supports only ECMA-376 1st edition. Office 14 will support ISO OOXML.) (With several free plugins, Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 is the most recent Microsoft Windows version of the Microsoft Office, Microsoft's Office suite. Formerly known as Office 12 in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license key customers on November 30 2006 and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007....
 SP2
Service pack

A service pack is a collection of updates, fixes and/or enhancements to a computer program delivered in the form of a single installable package....
 will add native support)		 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft Office Live

Microsoft Office Live is an Internet-based software service designed for Microsoft Office users and small businesses. , it consists of two services, Office Live Small Business and Office Live Workspace....
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Works

Microsoft Works is an office suite available from Microsoft. Smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite, its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database....
 Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 1986 — (9.0) (Windows), (4.0) (Macintosh) Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Macintosh		 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
NeoOffice
NeoOffice

NeoOffice is an office suite for Mac OS X. It is a Fork of the free software/open source software OpenOffice.org that implements nearly all of the features of the corresponding OpenOffice.org version, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, and graphics program....
 Planamesa Software 2005-06-02 OpenOffice.org 1.1 for Mac OS X 2.2.5 Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 (Supported since version 2.1) GPL
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
OpenGoo
OpenGoo

OpenGoo is an open source online office suite software package developed by the OpenGoo community. It is a fully featured online office suite with a similar set of features as alternatives: Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Zimbra, and Zoho....
 — 1.1 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 AGPL Fully online
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
 OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
 Organization		 October 2001 StarOffice
StarOffice

StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
 3.0.1
(all versions require Java runtime environment)		 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 (With several free plugins, and full import/export support) LGPL yes - with several free extensions
ShareOffice
ShareOffice

ShareOffice is an online office suite built on top of the open standards known as OpenSAM . Launched in May 2007 by ShareMethods, the application incorporates, through partnership, a word processor from iNetOffice, a spreadsheet from EditGrid, and a presentation application from Preezo....
 ShareMethods May 2007 —  Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Fully online
SoftMaker Office
SoftMaker Office

SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
 SoftMaker
SoftMaker

is a software company in Nuremberg, Germany. SoftMaker was founded in 1989 by Martin Kotulla which produces office software. In the last few years it has also started offering typefaces....
 1989 — 2008 (Windows, Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
, Pocket PC
Pocket PC

A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer that runs the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system....
, Windows CE),
2006 (FreeBSD, Handheld PC)		 Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
, PocketPC, FreeBSD
FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a Unix-like free software operating system descended from AT&T Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution branch through the 386BSD and Berkeley Software Distribution#4.4BSD and descendants operating systems....
, and Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 TextMaker Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
StarOffice
StarOffice

StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
 Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
 1995 StarWriter 9.0 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 (Import only) Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 yes - with several free extensions
StarOffice
StarOffice

StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....

from Google Pack
Google Pack

Google Pack is a software package that allows users to discover, install, and maintain a number of application programs. It was announced at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, on January 6....
 Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
 1995 StarWriter 8.0 - Update 10 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 yes - with several free extensions
ThinkFree Office
ThinkFree Office

ThinkFree Office by Haansoft ThinkFree Co. Ltd., a subsidiary company of Haansoft Corporation, is an office suite written in Java that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Macintosh platforms....
 Haansun 1994 — 3.5 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Fully online
ZCubes
ZCubes

ZCubes is free web-based software that is intended for the creation of documents including web pages, web sites, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, albums, and Web portal....
 ZCubes Inc. 2006 — 2007 Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Fully online
Zoho Office Suite
Zoho Office Suite

The Zoho Office Suite is an online office suite produced by a division of AdventNet Inc. It includes tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, CRM, project management, invoicing and other applications....
 AdventNet ? —  Cross-platform
Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform is a term used to refer to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms....
 (Supports OOXML word processing files) Proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
 Fully online
Developer First public release Predecessor Stable version Operating system Office Open XML support OpenDocument
OpenDocument

The OpenDocument format is a file format for electronic office documents such as spreadsheets, charts, presentation programs and word processor documents....
 Support		 License Online Capability


Operating system support

The operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
s the office suites were designed to run on without emulation; for the given office suite/OS combination, there are five possibilities:
  • No indicates that it does not exist or was never released.
  • Partial indicates that while the office suite works, it lacks important functionality compared to versions for other OSs; it is still being developed however.
  • Beta indicates that while a version of the office suite is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development (e.g. for stability).
  • Yes indicates that the office suite has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.
  • Dropped indicates that while the office suite works, new versions are no longer being released for the indicated OS; the number in parentheses is the last known stable version which was officially released for that OS.


Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common operating systems today.
Office suite Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution

Berkeley Software Distribution is the Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995....
 Unix
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
Ability Office
Ability Office

Ability Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows developed by Ability Plus Software and sold/marketed on an exclusive worldwide basis by ....
AppleWorks
AppleWorks

AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
 (6.2.9)
Celframe Office
Celframe Office

Celframe Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows and developed by the US based IT company Celframe. This product cannot be considered just an office suite, but more as a productivity suite as it also provides support for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and CorelDraw like tools as well....
 with plugins
GNOME Office
GNOME Office

GNOME Office is a free software office suite for GNOME which consists of:*AbiWord word processor*Evolution groupware and e-mail application...
Gobe Productive
Gobe Software

Gobe Software, Inc was a software company that published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the publisher of BeOS itself....
 1Q '08 1Q '08
Google Apps
Google Apps

Google Apps is a service from Google for using custom domain names with several Google products. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites....
 (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
iWork
IWork

iWork is a office suite of applications created by Apple Inc., which contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application; Keynote , a presentation package; and Numbers , a spreadsheet application....
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) some versions
KOffice
KOffice

KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
Lotus SmartSuite
Lotus SmartSuite

SmartSuite is an office suite from Lotus Software. Lotus made versions for IBM's OS/2, as well as Microsoft Windows versions.SmartSuite is in maintenance mode, and supported with fixes and fixpacks on Windows 2000 and Windows XP....
Lotus Symphony
Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
 (Lotus Jazz)
MarinerPak
Mariner Software

Mariner Software is an United States corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the Office suite, writing and creative markets....
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Works

Microsoft Works is an office suite available from Microsoft. Smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite, its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database....
 (4.0; Classic only)
NeoOffice
NeoOffice

NeoOffice is an office suite for Mac OS X. It is a Fork of the free software/open source software OpenOffice.org that implements nearly all of the features of the corresponding OpenOffice.org version, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, and graphics program....
OpenGoo
OpenGoo

OpenGoo is an open source online office suite software package developed by the OpenGoo community. It is a fully featured online office suite with a similar set of features as alternatives: Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Zimbra, and Zoho....
 (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
ShareOffice
ShareOffice

ShareOffice is an online office suite built on top of the open standards known as OpenSAM . Launched in May 2007 by ShareMethods, the application incorporates, through partnership, a word processor from iNetOffice, a spreadsheet from EditGrid, and a presentation application from Preezo....
 (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
SoftMaker Office
SoftMaker Office

SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
StarOffice
StarOffice

StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
 (Intel only)
ThinkFree Office
ThinkFree Office

ThinkFree Office by Haansoft ThinkFree Co. Ltd., a subsidiary company of Haansoft Corporation, is an office suite written in Java that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Macintosh platforms....
 (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
WordPerfect Office
WordPerfect Office

WordPerfect Office is an office suite developed by Corel Corporation. As of April 2008, the latest version is WordPerfect Office X4 , which is available in various editions, including Standard, Professional, Home & Student and Family Pack Edition....
ZCubes
ZCubes

ZCubes is free web-based software that is intended for the creation of documents including web pages, web sites, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, albums, and Web portal....
 (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
Zoho (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online) (fully online)
Office suite Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution

Berkeley Software Distribution is the Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995....
 Unix
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....


Main components

Word processor
Word processor

A word processor is a computer Application software used for the production of any sort of printable material.Word processor may also refer to an obsolete type of stand-alone office machine, popular in the 1970s and 80s, combining the keyboard text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter with a dedicated computer for th...
 Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values....
 Presentation
Presentation

Presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience. A presentation program, such as OpenOffice.org#Components, Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint, is often used to generate the presentation content....
 Email Notetaking
Notetaking

Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. One major specific type of notetaking is the practice of writing in shorthand, which can allow large amounts of information to be put on paper very quickly....
 Flowchart
Flowchart

A flowchart is common type of chart, that represents an algorithm or Process , showing the steps as boxes of various kinds, and their order by connecting these with arrows....
 Graphics: raster
Raster graphics

In computer graphics, a raster graphics image or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally Rectangle grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a Computer display, paper, or other display medium....
/vector
Vector graphics

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical Primitive s such as point s, line , curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based upon mathematical equations, to represent s in computer graphics....
 Image viewer
Image viewer

An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical ; it can often handle various graphics file formats....
 Formula editor
Formula editor

A formula editor is a name for a computer program that is used to typeset mathematical works or formulae.Formula editors typical serve two purposes:...
 Database
Database

A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
 Project management
Project management

Project management is the List of academic disciplines of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives....
 Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing combines a personal computer and WYSIWYG page layout software to create publication documents on a computer for either Publishing or small scale local Multifunction printer output and distribution....
 Web design
Web design

Web Page design requires conceptualizing, planning, modeling, and executing electronic media content and its delivery via the Internet using technologies suitable for rendering and presentation by web browsers or other web-based graphical user interfaces ....
 Collaboration
Collaboration

Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together toward an intersection of common goals ? for example, an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature?by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus....
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Ability Office
Ability Office

Ability Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows developed by Ability Plus Software and sold/marketed on an exclusive worldwide basis by ....
AppleWorks
AppleWorks

AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
Celframe Office
Celframe Office

Celframe Office is an office suite for Microsoft Microsoft Windows and developed by the US based IT company Celframe. This product cannot be considered just an office suite, but more as a productivity suite as it also provides support for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and CorelDraw like tools as well....
GNOME Office
GNOME Office

GNOME Office is a free software office suite for GNOME which consists of:*AbiWord word processor*Evolution groupware and e-mail application...
EvolutionDiaGIMP
GIMP

The GIMP is a free software, raster graphics editor used to process digital graphics and photographs. Typical uses include creating graphics and logos, resizing and cropping photos, altering colors, combining multiple images, removing unwanted image components, and converting between different image formats....
/Inkscape
Inkscape

Inkscape is a free software and open source vector graphics editor application. Its stated goal is to become a powerful graphic tool while being fully compliant with the Extensible Markup Language, Scalable Vector Graphics and Cascading Style Sheets standards....
F-Spot
F-Spot

F-Spot is an , designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop....
Planner
GobeProductive
Google Apps
Google Apps

Google Apps is a service from Google for using custom domain names with several Google products. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites....
Gmail
Gmail

Gmail is a free Post Office Protocol and Internet Message Access Protocol webmail service provided by Google. In the United Kingdom and Germany it is officially called Google Mail....
Google Notebook
Google Notebook

Google Notebook is a free online application offered by Google that provides a simple way to save and organize clips of information when conducting research online....
Picasa
Picasa

Picasa is a software application for organizing and editing digital photographys, originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my house" and "pic" for pictures . In July 2004, Google acquired Picasa and began offering...
, Picasaweb		Google Page Creator
Google Page Creator

Google Page Creator is a website creation and Web hosting service service by Google. It is a useful tool for basic website design, requiring no HTML knowledge....
iWork
IWork

iWork is a office suite of applications created by Apple Inc., which contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application; Keynote , a presentation package; and Numbers , a spreadsheet application....
Mail
Mail (application)

Mail is an e-mail client included with Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system. Originally developed by NeXT as NeXTMail, a part of their Nextstep operating system, it was adapted, following Apple's acquisition of NeXT, to become OS X's Mail application....
Stickies
Stickies

Stickies is a Apple Macintosh notetaking application for putting Post-it note-like windows on the screen, with short reminders, notes and other clippings....
iPhoto
IPhoto

iPhoto is a Application software made by Apple Inc. exclusively for their Mac OS X operating system. The first version of iPhoto was released in 2002....
 and Preview
Preview (software)

Preview is Mac OS X's application for displaying images and Portable Document Format documents. Like Mac OS X itself, it comes from NeXT's OPENSTEP operating system....
Bento
Bento (database)

Bento is a database application software for Mac OS X made by FileMaker Inc.. Bento differs significantly from the company's flagship product, FileMaker Pro, in that it relies heavily on templates and integration with other applications....
iWeb
IWeb

iWeb is a user-friendly, cost-effective website content management tool designed to be used by busy government professionals available from . With CivicWeb iWeb you can manage the content of your website yourself without having to rely upon outside contractors or skilled IT professionals....
Kingsoft Office (WPS Office)
KOffice
KOffice

KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment . All its components are released under free software license/open source license licenses and use OpenDocument as their native file format when possible....
Kontact
Kontact

Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite for KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email....
BasKet
Basket

A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers, often made of willow. . The top is either left open or the basket may be fitted with a lid....
Digikam
DigiKam

DigiKam is an and editor for the KDE desktop environment. It supports all , and can organize collections of photographs in directory-based albums, or dynamic albums by date, timeline, or by Tag ....
Quanta+
Quanta Plus

Quanta Plus, originally called Quanta, is a World Wide Web Integrated development environment for HTML, XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, XML, PHP and any other XML-based languages or scripting languages....
Yes
Lotus SmartSuite
Lotus SmartSuite

SmartSuite is an office suite from Lotus Software. Lotus made versions for IBM's OS/2, as well as Microsoft Windows versions.SmartSuite is in maintenance mode, and supported with fixes and fixpacks on Windows 2000 and Windows XP....
Lotus Symphony
Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
MarinerPak
Mariner Software

Mariner Software is an United States corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the Office suite, writing and creative markets....
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
Yes
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Works

Microsoft Works is an office suite available from Microsoft. Smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite, its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database....
NeoOffice
NeoOffice

NeoOffice is an office suite for Mac OS X. It is a Fork of the free software/open source software OpenOffice.org that implements nearly all of the features of the corresponding OpenOffice.org version, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, and graphics program....
OpenGoo
OpenGoo

OpenGoo is an open source online office suite software package developed by the OpenGoo community. It is a fully featured online office suite with a similar set of features as alternatives: Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Zimbra, and Zoho....
beta
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org , commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems....
ShareOffice
ShareOffice

ShareOffice is an online office suite built on top of the open standards known as OpenSAM . Launched in May 2007 by ShareMethods, the application incorporates, through partnership, a word processor from iNetOffice, a spreadsheet from EditGrid, and a presentation application from Preezo....
SoftMaker Office
SoftMaker Office

SoftMaker Office is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and the Pocket PC, developed since 1989 by the German company SoftMaker ....
YesDataMakerDataMaker
StarOffice
StarOffice

StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary software office suite Computer software. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999....
WordPerfect Office
WordPerfect Office

WordPerfect Office is an office suite developed by Corel Corporation. As of April 2008, the latest version is WordPerfect Office X4 , which is available in various editions, including Standard, Professional, Home & Student and Family Pack Edition....
ZCubes
ZCubes

ZCubes is free web-based software that is intended for the creation of documents including web pages, web sites, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, albums, and Web portal....
Word processor
Word processor

A word processor is a computer Application software used for the production of any sort of printable material.Word processor may also refer to an obsolete type of stand-alone office machine, popular in the 1970s and 80s, combining the keyboard text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter with a dedicated computer for th...
 Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values....
 Presentation
Presentation

Presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience. A presentation program, such as OpenOffice.org#Components, Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint, is often used to generate the presentation content....
 Email Notetaking
Notetaking

Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. One major specific type of notetaking is the practice of writing in shorthand, which can allow large amounts of information to be put on paper very quickly....
 Flowchart
Flowchart

A flowchart is common type of chart, that represents an algorithm or Process , showing the steps as boxes of various kinds, and their order by connecting these with arrows....
 Graphics: raster
Raster graphics

In computer graphics, a raster graphics image or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally Rectangle grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a Computer display, paper, or other display medium....
/vector
Vector graphics

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical Primitive s such as point s, line , curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based upon mathematical equations, to represent s in computer graphics....
 Image viewer
Image viewer

An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical ; it can often handle various graphics file formats....
 Formula
Formula

In mathematics and in the sciences, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically , or a general relationship between quantities....
 Database
Database

A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
 Project management
Project management

Project management is the List of academic disciplines of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives....
 Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing combines a personal computer and WYSIWYG page layout software to create publication documents on a computer for either Publishing or small scale local Multifunction printer output and distribution....
 Web design
Web design

Web Page design requires conceptualizing, planning, modeling, and executing electronic media content and its delivery via the Internet using technologies suitable for rendering and presentation by web browsers or other web-based graphical user interfaces ....
 Collaboration
Collaboration

Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together toward an intersection of common goals ? for example, an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature?by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus....
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Unicode support

Not all office suites support Unicode; some have restricted Unicode support or, like Corel WordPerfect Office, use their own encoding standard, in spite of wide criticism from users.

Historical

  • AppleWorks
    AppleWorks

    AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
     (previously known as "ClarisWorks") — an early Mac Office suite. It has morphed and branched into AppleWorks
    AppleWorks

    AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer....
     and GoBe Productive
    Gobe Software

    Gobe Software, Inc was a software company that published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the publisher of BeOS itself....
    . When the original developers split up, ClarisWorks continued as AppleWorks after being bought by Apple, and GoBeProductive was redeveloped from the ground up using ideas from the original. Apple discontinued this suite after the release of iWork
    IWork

    iWork is a office suite of applications created by Apple Inc., which contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application; Keynote , a presentation package; and Numbers , a spreadsheet application....
     '08 in August 2007.
  • IBM Works
    IBM Works

    IBM Works was an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system. It included word processing, spreadsheet, database and personal information manager applications....
     — was an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system
    Operating system

    An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
    . It included word processing
    Word processing

    Word processing is the creation of documents using a word processor. It can also refer to advanced shorthand techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with a specially modified typewriter....
    , spreadsheet
    Spreadsheet

    A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values....
    , database
    Database

    A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
     and PIM applications.
  • Island Office was available in the 1990s on many Unix platforms. This included Island Write, Draw, Paint, Presents, Calc, Chart, Table and Equation. Island Draw was, at the time, an extremely powerful PostScript editor. The company that created this software was/is called Island Software
    Island Software

    Island Software, at one time located in California, was a software company providing desktop productivity applications for Unix workstations.Island Office was an office productivity suite available on many Unix systems in the 1990s....
    .
  • Lotus Symphony
    Lotus Symphony

    IBM Lotus Symphony is a software suite for creating, editing, and sharing text, spreadsheet, presentations and other documents. Originally released in July 1984 as an integrated software application for DOS, IBM revived the Symphony name for a new office suite that was first released free of charge in 2007....
     — Following the popularity of office suites made by competitors, the makers of the wildly popular Lotus 123, tried their hand at a suite for Windows. (Name resurrected by IBM in September 2007 as a free OpenOffice based suite)
  • Lotus Jazz
    Lotus Jazz

    Lotus Jazz was an Office suite for the Apple, Inc. Macintosh, released in 1985 for $595, after the substantial success of Lotus 1-2-3 for the IBM PC compatible....
     — Mac sister product to Lotus Symphony.
  • LotusWorks — DOS and Windows suite containing a word processor, spreadsheet, database, graphing tools and telecommunications (modem terminal) module.
  • Open Access — Integrated software by Software Products International (SPI).
  • Q&A (software) - Featured a database management system, "intelligent assistant", and integrated word processor.
  • WindowWorks — Successor to LotusWorks above.
  • Xoom Office
    XOOM

    XOOM was an early dot-com that primarily provided free unlimited space web hosting, similar to GeoCities.XOOM was founded by Chris Kitze in September 1996 as a download website offering free clipart and a productivity suite including a word-processing application, centering around a word processor based on Wordstar....
     — Historical but still available on eBay and elsewhere. Produced by the former makers of WordStar.


See also

  • List of collaborative software
    List of collaborative software

    This is a list of collaborative software applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software....
  • List of online spreadsheets
    List of online spreadsheets

    This is a list of online spreadsheets. Online spreadsheets are online applications that allow users to create a spreadsheet, have multiple persons edit it and share it with the world....
  • List of word processors
    List of word processors

    The following is a list of word processors....
  • Online office suite
  • Office Open XML software
    Office Open XML software

    This is an overview of software support for the Office Open XML format, an open format document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents....
  • OpenDocument software
    OpenDocument software

    This is an overview of software support for the OpenDocument format, an open format document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents....
  • Web desktop
    Web desktop

    A web desktop or webtop is a desktop environment embedded in a web browser or similar Client . A webtop integrates Web application, Web service, Client-server, Application server, and applications on the local client into a desktop environment using the desktop metaphor....
  • Web operating system
    Web operating system

    In metacomputing, WebOS and Web operating system are terms that describe network services for internet scale distributed computing, as in the WebOS Project at University of California, Berkeley, and the WOS Project....


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