Working Freelance or working
remotely will mean that, at one time or another, you will need the use of an
office productivity suite.
Basically an office productivity
suite is a group of business orientated software packages that are bundled
together. The main things include word processing and a spreadsheet software.
So to put it mildly, Office
suites are for the boring but very important jobs. They can be vital if your
spelling, like my own, is awful.
Microsoft
Office is the staple productivity suite but costs a fortune. There are now many
other equivalents that are free and offer the same, more, and different
capabilities.
1, Open Office
Open Office is the
most famous free office productivity suite, it offers a writer, calculator,
impress, draw, base and math. There is a large community out there that can
help with support although I doubt its needed as it is a very simple and
intuitive software.
2. Koffice
This is another free office
productivity suite alternative. It includes KWord (a word processor), KCells (a
spreadsheet) and Showcase (presentation software). Because it’s free, it
largely depends on volunteers and users to maintain and update it. There is a
Userbase and forum.
3. NEOOffice
I suppose it’s obligatory of me to submit at least one
specifically Mac OSX. It’s fast, intuitive and has a useful mobile version. It
is funded entirely by user donations, so if you like then give a quid or two as
support/
4. Google Drive
Google Drive is handy one. It is completely online so
writing that letter remotely in a mountain in Peru is a no no. It does however
act as a cloud storage device also, giving you 5 GB to play with.
All in all there a plenty of options, most of them not
listed, but realisitically there all pretty much do the same thing. I work well
just using Open Office and Google Drive. It keeps the budget in check.
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