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OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org is both an Open Source product and a project. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite.
It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites’. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
Localizations of OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages with more being constantly added by the community.
OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), and Windows. Additional ports, such as for FreeBSD, IRIX, and Mac OS X, are in various stages of completion.
DTP | Office | spreadsheet | database | presentation | word processor |

ThinkFree Office
http://www.thinkfree.com
The award-winning ThinkFree Office is an affordable suite of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics applications.
Its powerful, yet easy-to-use applications can seamlessly open, edit, and save directly to the corresponding Microsoft(R) Office file formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt. ThinkFree Write, Calc and Show allows users to effortlessly exchange files with friends and co-workers using Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

Primary RM Talking First Word
http://www.rm.com/Primary/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD1100
RM Talking First Word 4.1 is a simple yet powerful curriculum writing package that combines pictures and sound with a flexible range of word processing tools, making it suitable for pupils of all ages and abilities.
RM Talking First Word has four colour-coded levels, enabling you to choose the most appropriate tools for each class and allowing your pupils to progress at each level. Levels range from a few easy-to-use tools to the full power of Microsoft® Word® 2002. With this progression, pupils only have to learn to use one package throughout their school days and beyond.
Features an in-built tool to allow you to further customise levels and change settings to suit your teaching or your pupils' needs.
Allows you to add your own pictures to RM Topic Bank, the in-built collection of curriculum-relevant words and pictures.
Is the most widely used word processing package in UK primary schools.
Option for Chinese inputting
For this to work then the user has to also have MS Word 2002 installed.