Open Office.org 3 - Compatible with other major office suites, OpenOffice.org is free to download, use, and distribute

	Writer - a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book
	Calc - a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
	Impress - the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations
	Draw - lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
	Base - lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
	Math - is OpenOffice.org's component for mathematical equations. It is most commonly used as an equation editor for text documents, but it can also be used with other types of documents or stand-alone.

The OpenOffice.org project is primarily sponsored by Sun Microsystems, which is the primary contributor of code to the Project. Our other major corporate contributors include Novell, RedHat, RedFlag CH2000, IBM, and Google. Additionally over 450,000 people from nearly every curve of the globe have joined this Project with the idea of creating the best possible office suite that all can use. This is the essence of an "open source." community!

"Open source" means that you can contribute to make the product (and Project) better by joining the community.The remainder of this page should tell you a lot more about the organization of OpenOffice.org and how you can get involved!