Overview:

Office Suites: Usually based upon a word processor, office suites often include programs like spreadsheets, graphics editors and contacts managers tightly integrate to provide an all in one solution. In this way, you can use a single suite as the basis of your office productivity.

602Pro PC Suite

• Version Number: 2001.1.03.0113
• Revision Date: 31 January 2003
• Licence: Freeware
• Manufacturer: Software602
• Home Page: http://www.software602.com
• Description: Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, picture viewer and a presentation manager. Supports barcode creation, HTML, a variety of formats, and includes many advanced features and a spelling checker (Note: Free registration is required)
  

AbiWord

• Version Number: 1.03
• Revision Date: 11 October 2002
• Licence: Open Source
• Manufacturer: AbiSource
• Home Page: http://www.abisource.com
• Description: A fully featured light weight word processor. Supports importing and exporting into a variety of formats, including HTML, XHTML and MS Word, spelling checking and a wealth of formating options. (Note: also available on other platforms, including Linux)
  

EasyOffice 2001

• Version Number: 2
• Revision Date: 03 January 2002
• Licence: Freeware
• Manufacturer: e-press corp.
• Home Page: http://www.e-press.com
• Description: Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, contacts manager, zip archive manager, a text to speech converter, a presentation/slideshow editor, a bookkeeper and a calculator. Supports HTML and MS Office formats, spelling checking, label and envelop printing. Features 2 different modes for novice and advanced users. (Note: Also available on CD with even more features)
  

Open Office.org

• Version Number: 1.02
• Revision Date: 31 January 2003
• Licence: Open Source
• Manufacturer: OpenOffice.org Foundation
• Home Page: http://www.openoffice.org
• Description: MS Office compatible Java-based office suite with a wealth of features, includes a spelling checker, ODBC/JDBC connectivity (and support for other databases as well), and includes word processor, spreadsheet, HTML editor, equation editor, graphics and presentation editors.
  

TextShield Fusion

• Version Number: build 644
• Revision Date: 03 February 2003
• Licence: Freeware
• Manufacturer: Onis
• Home Page: http://www.textshield.com
• Description: An RTF based word processor with support for colours, 3D text, HTML tags, integrated media player. Supports macros, can export to HTML, can compress files automatically and fits in a single floppy disk.