X-ApacheOpenOffice

Formerly known as X-OpenOffice.org, X-ApacheOpenOffice is a well-rounded piece of software which enables users to write texts, create drawings, databases and presentations and calculate mathematical formulas. This can be viewed as a more affordable alternative to the popular Microsoft Office.

This is the portable version of Apache OpenOffice.org, which means that the installation process is not necessary and that it is not going to add new items to the Windows registry and hard drive without your approval (as installers usually do). Moreover, it is not going to leave any kind of traces behind.

If you place the program files to an external data device (e.g. pen drive), you unlock the possibility of running X-ApacheOpenOffice on any PC you have been granted access to, on the fly.

This software application is comprised of multiple tools. To be more precise, you can access a text editor, which enables you to add bookmarks, breaks, special characters, footnotes, endnotes and tables, as well as use a spell check, view word count, create a digital signature and the list goes on.

The spreadsheet creator enables you to use a large number of built-in formulas, insert rows and columns, add new sheets, generate charts, insert comments, use text formatting options and group items. Presentation can also be created with custom or one of the incorporated layouts, transition effects, themes, animations and gallery items. Slides can be duplicated, certain actions can be set up at mouse click and you can preview the whole project.

The drawing tool contains a significant amount of templates (shapes, ClipArt), integrates chart creation, glue points and many types of pens, as well as a great deal of color correcting options. Databases can be created with the help of a wizard, while the math tool enables you to a wide range of relations, binary operators, functions, attributes, brackets, formats and the list goes on.

All of these items present extensive Help contents, support a really large number of file types both at import and export, contain a few wizards and enable you to create macros.

To conclude, X-ApacheOpenOffice is an efficient and reliable office suite, which closely rivals the Microsoft Office pack. It is not going to put a strain on the computer’s performance, the interface is intuitive and clean and there are more than plenty of options to keep you glued to your PC for quite a while. The output quality of all items is high and we did not run into any kind of issues, such as errors, crashes or hangs.