Computer skills are a basic requirement of life today, for work for school, no one can afford to be uninformed. Use the links and articles provided here to learn online. Finance, shopkeeping, personal services, all require recordkeeping which today involves at least basic computer skills. With the the development of the Internet, computer skill have become a fundamental requirement of doing business.

On our pages we provide tutorial information for all the most popular desktop softwares, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. However, there are other free software packages that you may want to consider. OpenOffice, a suite of desktop applications, has practically the same features and functionality as Microsoft Office, and, is compatible with Microsoft. So with OpenOffice can open Microsoft files as well as create files in OpenOffice and then send them to Microsoft users to access.

OpenOffice distribution is unlimited, which means you can make as many copies as you want and give it to as many people as you need to for your business or personal use without charge. For example, if you have three employees you can give it to each of them because there are no licensing restrictions of any kind.

In addition, OpenOffice provides excellent support services.  OpenOffice contains

• Word processing software (Writer) — compatible with MS Word
• Spreadsheet software (Calc) — compatible with MS Excel
• Presentation software (Impress) — compatible with MS PowerPoint
• Vector drawing software (Draw) — compatible with all vector applications
• Database system software (Base) — compatible with MS Access

Open Office works on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and it also allows you to create PDF files easily.

So now that you know what you can get for free, we'll take a look at the office software applications you are most likely to find in the business world.