Star Office

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StarOffice is Sun Microsystems' proprietary office suite software package. It was originally developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun in August 1999. The source code of the suite was released in July 2000, creating a free, open source office suite called OpenOffice.org; subsequent versions of StarOffice have been based upon OpenOffice.org, with additional proprietary components.[2]

Star Office 1
MSRP$70.00
Release date January, 1984
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
4 reviews
75
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mixed
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3 positive
1 mixed
0 negative

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Pros:
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Can download for free through Google Pack
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The ease of use of Open Office, but with added features
+2agreedisagree

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Less resources used (faster) than MS Office
+2agreedisagree

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Can use MS Office proprietary formats (both read and save)
+2agreedisagree

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Not quite as many features as MS Office
+1agreedisagree

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Costs money where Openoffice.org doesn't
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Details

The version sold in East Asia is known as StarSuite and is functionally identical to StarOffice, with full file interchange and compatibility, but includes language and font support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

StarOffice 8 supports the OpenDocument standard.

Features

StarOffice supports the XML file format, including (as of StarOffice 8) the OpenDocument standard, and can generate PDF and Flash formats. The program comes with templates, a macro recorder, and a software development kit (SDK).

Included programs

  • StarWriter — word processor .sdw (StarOffice 5.x) .sxw (StarOffice 6.x) .odt .ott -files
  • StarCalc — spreadsheet .sdc (5.x) .sxc (6.x) .ods .ots -files
  • StarImpress — presentation program .sdd (5.x) .sxi (6.x) .odp .otp -files
  • StarDraw — drawing tool .sda (5.x) .sxd (6.x) .odg .otg -files
  • StarBase — database .sdb (5.x) .odb -files

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Competitors

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OpenOffice

OpenOffice

MSRP  $0.00    Released  January, 2010
Pros
  • Free
  • Open-source software
  • Uses and helps promote the OpenDocument standard
Cons
  • Not as much support as MS Office (books, manuals, training)
  • Not all Excel charting functions supported in Calc
  • No support for Excel macros (does support Word macros)
ProSCORE
14 reviews
74
Vote! (4 votes)
vote Star Office 25% vs. vote OpenOffice 75%
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office

MSRP  --    Released  January, 2001
Pros
  • Standard office applications suite used in vastly many businesses
  • Collection of feature-rich apps which work well together to do most generic office jobs
  • Support is available from Microsoft
Cons
  • File formats are often not interoperable with other applications or even other versions of Office
  • Large installation and memory footprints
  • Huge and generally unnecessary interface changes between versions
ProSCORE
3 reviews
33
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vote Star Office 100% vs. vote Microsoft Office 0%

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Comments

1.  avatar meNNis said:

I used to use OpenOffice, but then switched to this once it came out for free through Google Pack. It is quite similar, but since it is normally a product you have to pay for, you can tell that it has some better features etc. Overall, I think I will stick with this from now on.
Jun 19, 2008 2:44pm
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meNNis

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June 19, 2008
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ProSCORE
80
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4 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Can download for free through Google Pack
  • The ease of use of Open Office, but with added features
  • Less resources used (faster) than MS Office
  • Can use MS Office proprietary formats (both read and save)

Cons

  • Not quite as many features as MS Office

Comments

"I used to use OpenOffice, but then switched to this once it came out for free through Google Pack. It is quite similar, but since it is normally a product you have to pay for, you can tell that it has some better features etc. Overall, I think I will stick with this from now on."

Competitors

meNNis prefers Star Office over Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
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onepuff

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February 7, 2010
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ProSCORE
75
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3 pros
1 con

Pros

  • The ease of use of Open Office, but with added features
  • Less resources used (faster) than MS Office
  • Can use MS Office proprietary formats (both read and save)

Cons

  • Costs money where Openoffice.org doesn't

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onepuff prefers OpenOffice over Star Office
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mattthegreat

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June 23, 2008
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
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1 pro
1 con

Pros

  • Can download for free through Google Pack

Cons

  • Not quite as many features as MS Office

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Erik

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June 19, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
negative
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1 pro
0 cons

Pros

  • Can download for free through Google Pack

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

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