Traditional Office programs are those developed by Microsoft which sees in Word, Excel and Powerpoint the most popular because they are simple to use but also powerful, full of functions both for personalization and for the preparation of professional documents. Since Microsoft Office is paid for, the free and reliable alternative is OpenOffice, the suite of programs for the open source office.
You cannot really say that OpenOffice is better than Microsoft Office, however, with the latest versions the gap has been significantly bridged and the free office can be used instead of the Microsoft one, without absolutely suffering from shortcomings or compatibility problems with classic files .
Computer beginners, children and those who use Word and Powerpoint only in the basic functions and who are not too familiar with Excel and spreadsheets, can download and install a children 's version of Open Office, in Italian with which you can learning to write on the computer but which is suitable for everyone to work with a faster program.
The idea behind Open Office 4 Kids is to provide an Office version for children between the ages of 7 and 12.
As I see it, in computer science, children's programs are the easiest to use and therefore, better than many other sophisticated and complicated products, full of functions that are difficult to use.
The main difference between Open Office and Open Office 4 Kids lies in the cut of some non-essential features.
Practically Word, Powerpoint and Excel have been streamlined of many functions that can be very useful for expert users but almost superfluous for beginners and basic users.
After all, if one has to write a document in Word, he probably only needs a blank sheet of paper to write with the page and title formatting options.
Another advantage of this OO4Kids is its lightness compared to the normal OpenOffice, which causes a marked improvement in performance.
Even professionals and experienced users could thus find in this version for children light software to write on the computer and work faster on documents (if they are not too complex).
The graphical interface of the program is very different from both Microsoft Office and Openoffice and is more intuitive and immediate .
Open Office 4 Kids makes use of far fewer buttons dividing them between a header bar and a sidebar on the side.
This OO4Kids had already been out for several months but not in Italian so all simplicity could, for many people, be thwarted by the language barrier.
The version translated into Italian has just come out, so now there should be no more obstacles to working on the computer.
The fact that OpenOffice4Kids exists a portable version of 90 MB, which does not require installation, is also very important for expert users because it allows you to always have at hand the traditional Office programs, copied to a USB stick and ready to use for every occurrence.
Finally, in this special and simplified Office, there is also an editor for drawing on the computer and, yes, it is particularly suitable for children who start using the computer.
On the Download page of OO4Kids you will find the version to install it on Windows (xp, Vista and Win 7), the post-portable version and then also for installation on Mac and Linux computers.
