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Staroffice 7

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT
3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 49 ratings

About this item

  • Runs on multiple operating systems, including Solaris OS, MS Windows, and Linux
  • Simple, easy-to-use interface; contains full-featured applications
  • Interoperable with many third-party formats like PDF and XML
  • Easy export to PDF and Flash; increased MS Office compatibility; improved help and documentation
  • Accessibility support for people with disabilities

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.6 x 7.9 x 2 inches; 2.67 Pounds
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 0614647643195
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 14, 2003
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sun Microsystems
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000DG2N4
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 49 ratings

Product Description

Product Description

StarOffice software is an affordable alternative in office productivity suites that runs on multiple operating systems, including Solaris Operating Environment, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. The office suite has a simple, easy-to-use interface and contains full-featured applications including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics and database capabilities.

From the Manufacturer

StarOffice software is an affordable alternative in office productivity suites that runs on multiple operating systems, including Solaris Operating Environment, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. The office suite has a simple, easy-to-use interface and contains full-featured applications including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, and database capabilities. StarOffice can read, edit, and save MS Office files and is interoperable with many third party file formats like PDF and XML.

Features:

  • Easy export to PDF and Flash
  • Modern look and feel with new set of icons
  • Increased MS Office compatibility
  • Improved help and documentation

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3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5
49 global ratings

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Howard J. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Star Office 7
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013
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I have been a satisfied user of "Star Office 5.2" for years and when I needed the office software for use in my new computer, I chose the latest version of Star Office without hesitation. It has all the functionality of Microsoft Office at a reasonable discount.
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Adam
1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth a star ***
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2005
First off you need to install Sun's Java, on a dial up

connection the download is huge and would take hours to

install it. This is required and once installed it takes

over the machine generating Java exception errors.

Second, it does NOT convert Excel spreadsheets correctly

leaving ### (hash marks) in the cells.

Third, I cannot think of anything this can do other than

consume tons of memory and generate java errors.
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Amazon-Kunde
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't get it if you want it all / if you care for compatib.
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2004
The product is fine for people who don't really need all the sophisticated features of MSOffice.
I tried to use it as an alternative for Excel and Powerpoint, but there were big! problems with compatibility when I tried to exchange files with my colleagues and friends. Only the most plain Excel sheets and presentations can be exchanged without losing some style information or document intelligence.
MS Word files can be handled quite well, but there will be always something missing, esp if you make use of some specific features (e.g. automatic inclusion of chapter caption in the header, macros, .. there is a lot of that). And very very often there will be some objects that lost their right position.
The product is o.k., esp. considering the price. But don't get it, if you want it / need it all!
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L. S. Fischer
3.0 out of 5 stars The Good is Great and the Not-so-good is Awful
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2004
I've only used StarOffice 7 for a couple of weeks now. I got MS Office XP 2003 a few months ago and have been satisfied with it, especially with how well documents scan into Word.
Since they came with my computer, I also have Wordperfect 11 and Quattro Pro 11. The only reason I got StarOffice was to be able to convert long WordPerfect files that need reworking.
I haven't had any trouble whatsoever opening my Word and Wordperfect files with Writer. I also find that Writer is easier to use than Word.
However, documents scanned into Writer turn out so poorly that they are unusable, and for some reason I'm not 'allowed' to scan into Word anymore(!).
Calc is a real problem for me. I like and use both Excel and Quattro Pro, but now my Excel files open with configuration changes and they will not return Excel format.
It's worse with Quattro Pro. Not only can I not open my existing files; since installing StarOffice, I can't open Quattro Pro itself!
StarOffice's automatic format changing was somebody's very bad idea. Format changing should be an available option, not an uncontrollable inevitability. And both Writer and Calc open very slowly.
As I said, I just got StarOffice a short time ago. I'm hoping that a call or two to Tech Support will help iron out the problems. If not, I will have to uninstall it, unfortunately, as I need reliable scanning and spreadsheet capabilities.
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Tcat
4.0 out of 5 stars So much +/- Half truths about this offering here!
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2003
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Years later, Open Office & Star Office are getting better. They now offer a end user friendly database. I still keep a copy of MS Office for some uses. And Sun's office offering on the Mac blows the heck out of MS Office on the Mac. Many languages and Operating Systems are supported. That is the update as the year 2007 is starting to go into history. My orgional review follows.

Ok. Bottom line. I came here to save money on Buying StarOffice7 after running the Beta.

I cannot believe the half-truths in this thread. Please allow me to kill a few.

1) It needs Java. BS. It asks if you have Java installed which is only required on a few advanced features (mostly database).

2) Same a OpenOffice. BS. It is built ON OpenOffice which Sun supports. I have both options on my laptop (plus MS Word). StarOffice has things they license that is not in OpenOffice.
A (much) better spell checker (even that is not as good as MS Word), Thesarus, and a SQL database (like a real SQL not a user friendly Access database).

3) No Outlook. MS Office is not Outlook. Outlook is Outlook Eveolution = open source Outlook.

That aside, some heads up points.
Must purchase for each platform (Windows/Linux). Good news is I can buy one of each for multiple computers I use.

Slow startup compared to MS Office. Excellent File compatablity, and the comment about much smaller native file sizes is true. Gets very slow on REALLY HUGE (20MB+ documents).

Get your feet wet with OpenOffice (free). Move to StarOffice for saving $$ on licencing for many people who are power users and need the extra/better tool add-ins.

OpenOffice has no phone support. Active end-user community via email. Some decent 3rd party training starting to show up.

Keep legal on some MS Office seats to test complex documents against X-Office (star/open). I'll go away now and give my $ to Amazon. Best price out there.
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Michael Crock
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2015
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In its day this was adiquite replacement for microsoft office and did become the beginnings of ODF in time.
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Rachel Johnson
1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but problems
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2004
Anyone who writes reviews on StarOffice as excellent have not used this 'office_suite'. For starters when converting files from MS Excel it converts some columns to '#' signs. This is a great concern because this was my billing cycle that was messed up because of this. Next the whole deal with SLOW loading, plus it gets some java run-time errors. Then I started getting java script errors, to say the least it messed up my workstations and I had to re-load the operating system on another.
If you want files that are incomplete, data that is missing, or overall total file destruction this is for you.
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