Free office software for learning and productivity, including accounting software, desktop publishing, and suites containing word processors and spreadsheet software.

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AbiWord

AbiWord 2.4.6 is an award winning, small, fast, featureful and crossplatform word processor. Get your copy today to experience the state of the art in word processing.

Linux
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Mac OSX
Dia

Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program 'Visio', though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape.

It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space), can export diagrams to a number of formats, including EPS, SVG, XFIG, WMF and PNG, and can print diagrams (including ones that span multiple pages).

Linux
Windows
Ganttproject

GanttProject is a free and easy to use Gantt chart based project scheduling and management tool. Our major features include:

* Task hierarchy and dependencies
* Gantt chart
* Resource load chart
* Generation of PERT chart
* PDF and HTML reports
* MS Project import/export
* WebDAV based groupwork

Linux
Windows
Mac OSX
GNUCash

GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX.

Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
Feature Highlights

* QIF/OFX/HBCI Import, Transaction Matching
* Reports, Graphs
* Scheduled Transactions
* Financial Calculations

* Double-Entry Accounting
* Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts
* Small-Business Accounting
* Customers, Vendors, Jobs,
Invoices, A/P, A/R

Linux
Windows
Gnumeric

The Gnumeric spreadsheet is part of the GNOME desktop environment: a project to create a free, user friendly desktop environment.

The goal of Gnumeric is to be the best possible spreadsheet. We are not attempting to clone existing applications. However, Gnumeric can read files saved with other spreadsheets and we offer a customizable feel that attempts to minimize the costs of transition.

Linux
Windows
Jedit

jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. To download, install, and set up jEdit as quickly and painlessly as possible, go to the Quick Start page.

While jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under the terms of the GPL 2.0.

The core of jEdit was originally by Slava Pestov. Now the jEdit core, together with a large collection of plugins is maintained by a world-wide developer team.

Some of jEdit's features include:

* Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
* Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available.
* Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature.
* Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.
* Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
* Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
* Word wrap.
* Highly configurable and customizable.
* Every other feature, both basic and advanced, you would expect to find in a text editor. See the Features page for a full list.

Linux
Windows
Mac OSX
NeoOffice

NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office.

Released as free, open source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), NeoOffice is fully functional and stable enough for everyday use. The software is actively developed, so improvements and small updates are made available on a regular basis.

Mac OSX
OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Writer – a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
Calc – a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
Impress – the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
Draw – lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
Base – lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
Math – lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

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Windows
OpenRpt

OpenMFG, LLC is a company who markets a multiplatform ERP system for small to midsized manufacturing and distribution companies. You can read more about OpenMFG at www.openmfg.com. As part of our ERP, which is built with the PostgreSQL database and the Qt GUI client framework, we built our own report writer from scratch. Like the ERP, it runs equally well on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. We call it OpenRPT.

OpenRPT is released under the GNU General Public License. Please note: If you are a software or hardware OEM, and do not wish to be bound by the terms of the GPL, please see our pricing for a commercial license. This "dual license" approach allows us to provide OpenRPT for free to anyone without trying to second-guess your business objectives; it is your decision whether you wish to "opt out" of the GPL by purchasing a commercial license.

OpenRPT Features

* Report Definitions are saved in the industry standard XML format
* Stand-alone or Embeddable WYSIWYG Report Designer
* Embeddable Report Renderer renders to local printers, including PDF and Postscript distillers
* Support for All/Even/Odd/First/Last Page Headers and Footers
* Support for Multiple Column Detail Sections
* Support for static and database sourced images
* Support for static and/or database sourced watermarks and page identifiers
* Support for multiple detail sections and optional, multiple group heads and footers for each detail section

Formats Supported

* Bar Code Formats
o Code 3of9
o Code 3of9 Extended
o Code 128
o UPC-A
o UPC-E
o EAN-8
o EAN-13
* Support for Avery Standard Labels
* Support for portrait or landscape, Letter, Legal and A4 documents

Linux
Windows
Mac OSX
Scribus

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.

Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

Linux
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Mac OSX
Sumatra PDF

Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.

Windows
sumatrapdf

What is Sumatra PDF?

Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.
Why another PDF reader?

Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.

It's small and starts up very fast.

It's designed for portable use: it's just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive.

Windows
Sunbird

Mozilla Sunbird® is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution.

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Mac OSX