As we know from movies, no modern office can do without a computer – a universal means of receiving, processing, inputting and outputting information. This is exactly what we will talk about. Moreover, this topic concerns not only office buildings, but also private homes with personal computers.
So, what is needed for correct and full-fledged work with a computer? Electricity, an operating system, a necessary set of programs. Also, none of the modern computers can do without a component such as office applications, which most often also require a printer.
That is, there is a so-called cycle: keyboard – monitor – printer – paper. Everyone knows this and everyone uses it. But few people know that the program with which they process text data is called an office program. Of course, some programs, like OpenOffice or Microsoft Office, contain this word in their name, but such a fact is somehow not given much importance.
Most often, office suites, which include text editors, also include a certain set of additional applications designed to help the user work with documentation. For example, Microsoft Office applications include, in addition to the actual text editor Microsoft Word, tools for transmitting data over the Internet, creating presentations, processing tables, working with databases, etc.
Let's consider some of the most popular office suites. They are divided into two large types: free (gratis) and proprietary (paid). The first include GNOME Office, SSuite Office, LibreOffice and OpenOffice. The latter is the most popular because of its multifunctionality, which is no less than that of paid packages.
Now about paid applications. First of all, it's Microsoft Office. Almost everyone knows, loves and uses it. Moreover, now there are many ways to download and register this product for free, the official cost of which is about 500 US dollars. Next come the less well-known but still have their fans SoftMaker Office, Corel WordPerfect Office, StarOffice, Ashampoo Office. In general, these are, most often, just attempts of various software manufacturers to create something similar to a Microsoft product.
Thus, summing up, we can say that now we will know – initially those programs with which we type and print texts were created not for ordinary users, but for people from multi-story offices. However, over time, their popularity has increased so much, and the scope of activity has expanded so much that with the help of office suites you can perform almost any manipulations with documents or text files.
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