ZDNet UK


Skip to Main Content

  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Blogs
  4. Reviews
  5. Jobs
  6. Resources
  7. Community
  8. My ZDNet

 

ZDNet UK RSS Feeds


Become a ZDNet UK member

SOFTWARE REVIEW

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print

StarOffice 7.0 review

8.0

Editors' Rating

Excellent

9.0

Members' Rating

Spectacular

Typical price:£ 44

Verdict

StarOffice is suitable for education institutions and home users, but its poor Microsoft compatibility limits its business uses... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • One-click PDF creation
  • Includes drawing and database programs
  • Free version for schools and colleges
  • Excellent technical support
  • Inexpensive

Cons

  • Weak at importing Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint files
  • No email or PIM program
  • Limited database functionality

Rate this product

Member Opinion

9.0

Average Member Rating

Spectacular

5 Members have reviewed this product

View Opinions by: Date Posted | Rating | Most Useful

Dave Gair

Dave Gair

Does what it says on the tin...

Read more

8.5

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Great price and does everything I need

Read more

8.0

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Why spend an additional 200 pounds on Microsoft?

Read more

10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Great value for money office productivity

Read more

8.5

Excellent


Read all the member opinions

More In Office applications



Featured Talkback

In association with Intel
Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?

By: J.A. Watson

Read full story:
Annoying software: a rogues' gallery

Discussions

roger andre roger andre

Microsoft Offer To Update Firefox.

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 8:13 PM

2 comments
roger andre roger andre

Date set for McKinnon extradition judi...

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 8:07 PM

3 comments
PeterJudge PeterJudge

Something you may not know about Mindt...

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 6:39 PM

2 comments
Tom Espiner Tom Espiner

Date set for McKinnon extradition judi...

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 5:32 PM

3 comments

View All

Vista Upgrade Blog

OS Scratch Load Times

I reload the operating systems on my laptops quite frequently. On the Linux side, it is because I am trying various distributions, while on the Windows side it is more often because... More

3 comments

Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N...

Ok, this is driving me crazy. Why does this not work? I have a Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N router, and a laptop with an Intel 4965AGN Wireless Network Interface. When I am running... More

5 comments

Software Jihad part 2

I guess the point of my previous post (read rant if you want) was that Microsoft makes a lot of noise of "protecting" their IP but in reality they are only paying lip-service to it... More

3 comments