This time the registration key came after a few minutes. Tried to use their PPT equivalent but needed registration key which they supposedly sent me via email.Ĭhecked my email several times to make sure I didn't miss it in the raft of new email, but no - it was not there.Įnded up having to go to their website again and register again following the link that came up when I tried to open their software. Ifilled in name, country and email address as requested and downloaded the software. Why don't you run it through its paces and then add to the feedback that folks have available to them to decide whether FreeOffice/SoftMaker Office is worth switching to?

Others have found FreeOffice to be remarkably competent and easy to get used to. Some folks are used to Microsoft Office and if a potential replacement isn't *exactly* the same as Microsoft Office in every way, they aren't going to be accepting of it. Whether it is an acceptable replacement for Microsoft Office is sort of up to you. In my testing, at least with regard to word processing files, FreeOffice did a perfect job. The commercial versions of SoftMaker Office will also save in the older MS Office formats. The free version of SoftMaker's product will open all Microsoft Office formats, but will only save to the newer ones.

Click to expand.It is quite competent, especially in an area where all the other Office suites usually fall down, which is compatibility with the Microsoft Office file formats.

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