The primary development platforms are Microsoft Windows, Linux and Solaris. However, it cannot open older Word for Macintosh (MCW) files. has been found to be able to open files of older versions of Microsoft Office and damaged files that newer versions of Microsoft Office itself cannot open. It can read and write most of the file formats found in Microsoft Office, and many other applications an essential feature of the suite for many users. aims to compete with Microsoft Office and emulate its look and feel where suitable. 2 for Linux editing an HTML documentĪccording to its mission statement, the project aims ' To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.' The project and software are informally referred to as 'OpenOffice', but project organizers report that this term is a trademark held by another party, requiring them to adopt '' as its formal name, and abbreviated as OOo or OO.o. is free software, available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

The source code of the suite was released in July 2000 with the aim of reducing the dominant market share of Microsoft Office by providing a free, open and high-quality alternative. is based on StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999.

It supports the OpenDocument standard for data interchange. It is intended to be a compatible alternative to Microsoft Office. is a free office suite of applications available for many different operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X. Sun Microsystems in association with the community 2.0 Writer editing a text document under Windows XP

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