Sun StarOffice 8 | 
| From: Sun Microsystems
Buy New: $83.25
New (5) Used (1) from $83.25
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 3733
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Linux, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.8 x 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 10079
Model: 10079
UPC: 705381100799
EAN: 0705381100799
ASIN: B000A7MFO2
Release Date: October 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Complete, fully integrated office productivity suite | | • | Word processing, spreadsheets, databases, PDF export, and more | | • | Multiplatform; based on open standards; compatible with MS Office files | | • | Easily share documents with people using popular applications | | • | Plus, Mozilla Firefox Web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird email client |
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Product Description
Star Office 8 brings together new features with classic functionality, giving you the very best in office productivity suites. StarOffice is affordable, easy to use, and based on open standards, giving you powerful and flexible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities. The user-friendly interface makes everything easy to reach, and the added functionality makes it much easier to record macros, create complex layouts and transfer files across platforms. Its combination of stability and usability give you the freedom you need to create better office materials. Support for Asian languages, FreeType and TrueType fonts -- all look the same on Linux, Solaris OS and Windows Operating Systems - Solaris 8 or higher with appropriate patches(108435-04 for 64 bit, 108436-01 and 108774-12 for x86, 108434-04 or 108773-13 for SPARC Platform Edition); Linux Kernel 2.2.13 or higher with glibc2 version 2.2.0 or higher; Windows 98, Me, XP, NT(SP6 or higher), 2000(SP2 or higher)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 the best December 8, 2005
W. D. Dotson (Georgia)
89 out of 90 found this review helpful
I've been a user and big fan of Star Office since version 6. At first this was because I couldn't swallow the outrageous pricetag of MS office, and still can't, but now I simply prefer using Star. While some will claim that you must have MS Office because it "is the industry standard," this is an extremely weak sales point in my opinion, since many things of marginal value are now or have at one time been recognized as industry standards. Star Office has often been noted to be more compatible with the various versions of office files than the latest MS versions are themselves! My experience, with many versions of both packages, has been consistent with this assertion, and I convert files on a regular basis. My favorite things about version 8: excellent pdf export function, the database application, flashy new icons, better looking on-screen display of bulleted lists etc (they always looked fine once printed), many times less expensive than even a MS Office upgrade, $20 rebate form in the box. Least favorite things: it tends to use a lot of memory (although this has not resulted in any noticeable problems for me, and it runs faster than version 7 on the same machine), the documentation is too basic (maybe a plus for beginners, but it doesn't help me much), and no special upgrade price available. I realize that Star Office may not be the right choice for everyone, and some will prefer to pay for MS Office (though I really don't know why), but I highly recommend that before putting several hundred dollars in Mr Gates' wallet you download the demo of Star Office and check out how well it performs. You will not be disappointed. Bottom line is that this is a great package in its own right that has become stronger in each succeeding version, and stacks up very well in comparison with its competition.
P.S. Although I haven't tried OpenOffice, I've heard good things about it. Apparently it's practically the same as StarOffice but freely downloadable. I don't mind paying the cost of StarOffice, because I feel like I have some recourse/customer support if there are any problems, but I admit that my willingness to pay for piece of mind may or may not be the best value. I haven't had problems, or needed any customer support, which speaks well of StarOffice. Taking a look at what OpenOffice has to offer should also be worthwhile for many though.
a nice office suite October 24, 2005
C. Zhou (MI)
79 out of 81 found this review helpful
I have been using StarOffice since version 5.2, it's a great product.
SUN provides a trial version of Staroffice 8. It's always a good idea to try something before you buy it, especially if you are new to it. Sun also sells a downloadable version of StarOffice 8 at $69.99.
If you are a student or a teacher, you can download StarOffice 8 for free from SUN's education software programm. Actually that's how I get my StarOffice since version 5.2.
StarOffice 8 is based on OpenOffice 2 with a little bit more features, including more fonts, more clip art and 60 days of free support. If those are not important to you, you might just want to download OpenOffice 2.0 since it's totally free.
Here is my experience of using StarOffice.
1. There are many non-Microsoft office softwares, none of them is 100% compatible with Microsoft Office. But the compatibility is more than enough for home users who do not heavily use Macro or scripts. I use StarOffice at home, Microsoft Office at school, I don't have any serious problem to use one to open files created by another.
2. SUN does not provide a full user manual for the downloadable version when I wrote this review though a simple getting-start guide is available at their website, I don't know if it's included in the retail package. That's too bad for new buyers since the features and functions can easily overwhelm anybody. But if you used StarOffice in the past, you should have no problem. I still use the manual of version 7 for version 8 since most of it does not change much. The manual for OpenOffice 2.0 applies for StarOffice 8 too. I just downloaded the manual. It's still in draft version, but looks pretty much complete.
3. StarOffice 8 is a solid package which covers everything for home use.
4. The PDF export function is great.
My overall experience with this software is more than satisfactory.
StarOffice 8 - no more Microsoft March 22, 2006
J. Pouchet (The OC)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
Sun's open source StarOffice 8 is a fantastic alternative to the MS Office suite of products. Though a bit slower to load initially once you are up and running I find StarOffice every bit as intuitive and easy to use as any other office suite.
The hot-keys available in StarOffice will be instantly recognized by most Mac users as well since most are the same in Apples OS X as used in StarOffice.
Being able to open and save files in numerous open source, MS, or StarOffice formats is a BIG PLUS!
I really enjoy the PDF utility. Now I can run one single application and save/export the file as a PDF with ease.
Two Thumbs up.
If you are looking for MS Office or a much better cost alternative that runs on any PC platform - Buy StarOffice 8.
JP
Complete and easy-to-use office suite March 16, 2006
D. Gaskins
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
This program does everything I need from an office suite and much more. I use mostly the word processing and spreadsheet features and they are as easy to use as MS Word and Excel. Earlier StarOffice vesions had some MS Office compatibility problems - mostly with document formating. I have not noticed any problems with compatibility between StarOffice 8 and MS Office, but would be carefull using it if 100% compatibilty was essential to the application. Overall I find StarOffice a far better value than MS Office.
StarOffice 8 is great. March 5, 2006
StraightAhead (Jake)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
For $69.00 I bought the Sun StarOffice8 suite of programs. You get Word Processing, Speadsheets, Presentation, Database, and Drawing and Graphics programs. You also get the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser and Mozilla Thunderbird Email service. They also send you verions of Office8 for Linux, two Sun operating systems, as well as the Window version, and even a small manual. I find the on screen Help Menus to be much more helpful and useful than those in MS. It's also nice not getting charged extra for certain programs as you do with the the MS suite. It's also compatible with MS Word Excel, etc., so you can send and receive documents to people with the MS suite. More people should check it out.
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