Google Offers StarOffice As Free Download

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If you do not have Microsoft Office and are looking for a free Office Suite, there’s a way to obtain StarOffice 8, which normally costs about $80, for FREE.Â StarOffice is basically the same as highly-regarded OpenOffice, offering however a number of useful enhancements, such as font smoothing and PDF export, which may be important to some writers.

Recently, Google has included StarOffice 8 as a free download within its little-known GooglePack, which offers 13 different software applications for free download, including other programs such as Picasa, Skyppe and Adobe Reader.Â In the case of StarOffice, Google has added in some of its own toolbar and search capability.Â At the download site, just click to add or remove checkmarks from the software you wish to download.Â Be sure you have a broadband connection and some time for the download, which is big.

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Comment by
Tom Colvin
10 Apr 2009

StarOffice is no longer included in this Google bundle.

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