Sun StarOffice 2 - excellent replacement for M$Office

078 Sun StarOffice 8.3 rev. 2 StarOffice is an easy-to-use office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet editor, presentation tool, graphics editor, and database management system. The five main components are the StarOffice Writer, Impress, Calc, Base and Draw applications. StarOffice has excellent compatibility with the Microsoft Office suite, supporting enhanced import and export capabilities for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, including password-protected Word and Excel files, and presentations that include complex animations, AutoShapes and slide transitions. The new StarOffice includes a number of features that make working with it more convenient for users accustomed to the Microsoft Office suite: for example, the Format Paintbrush function provides an easy way to transfer styles from one document fragment to another fragment,.