Office applications suite
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In computers, an office applications suite, sometimes called an office suite, offimatic suite or integrated offimatic program, is a computer program or set of programs intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. The components are generally distributed together and able to interact with each other on a higher level than the operating system would normally allow, with a consistent user interface between the components.
Most office application suites include at least a word processor and a spreadsheet element. In addition to these, the suite may contain a presentation program, a database management system and minor graphics and communications tools. Newer variations on the office applications suite include an e-mail client, a personal information manager (or groupware package) and/or a graphics application suite.
The currently dominant office suite is Microsoft Office, the proprietary file formats of which have become a de facto standard for mainstream business use, resulting in lock-in. As such, the ability to read and write Microsoft Office files in the formats is essential for any office suite seeking to displace Microsoft Office in the market.
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Major office suites still available and in use
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access etc.)
- OpenOffice.org, free open source office suite, main competitor for Microsoft Office
- StarOffice, Sun's proprietary version of OpenOffice.org
- WordPerfect Office (WordPerfect, Quattro Pro etc.)
- Lotus SmartSuite (Word Pro, Lotus 1-2-3 etc.)
- KOffice, part of KDE
- GNOME Office, part of GNOME
- AppleWorks
- Microsoft Works
Historically important office suites
External links
- Microsoft Office home page
- OpenOffice.org home page[[es:Suite Ofim�tica]]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Office_applications_suite" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_applications_suite, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
