OpenOffice

What is OpenOffice?  It is a FREE a text, computational, and presentation software package. The OpenOffice software includes comparable Microsoft Office software (except Publisher) in addition to several more products.  It is developed with the international open document format extension standards which allow you to save a document in many formats including the Microsoft extension standards (.doc, .xls, .pps).

Have fun with OpenOffice and we bet after spending some time playing with it, you'll never want to pay for another Office product again!

(Below you will find information about an open source Desktop Publisher called Scribus that will be a compliment to any home or office PC.)

Downloads

OpenOffice.org

Libre Office

Tutorials

Libre Office Tutorials

Open Office Tutorials

Getting Started with OpenOffice 3
Using OpenOffice Training Guide
How to use OpenOffice Calc - Calc Guide
How to use OpenOffice Writer - Writer Guide
How to use OpenOffice Impress - Impress Guide

Helpful Resources

Libre Office Wiki provided by the Document Foundation

The OpenOffice Users Guide - Loaded with great information
Sun's Open Document Format Plugin for Microsoft Office

Desktop Publishing

The open source communities response to a desktop publishing software is called Scribus. You can find the Scribus download and documentation here:

Scribus - the download
Scribus - documentation