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Originally Posted by that_guy
can you download microsoft office? or is there a linux software that's compatible??
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AFAIK The only place you can get Microsoft Office is on DVD/CD from a Microsoft reseller.
It doesn't run on Linux.
You can download OpenOffice which is free and provides the same features as MS Office (wp/spreadheet/database etc). There is compatibility in that OpenOffice can write files in MS Office format.
This compatability is not 100% as converting a complex document between Word and OpenOffice can result in some format corruption.
I've yet to create an OpenOffice document that can't be read correctly (i.e. formatted) by Word.