• Star Office was established by a German company in 1984, in August 1999, Star Division was acquired by Sun. Star Office standards work well with many Linux distributions and are free. Star Office is formally shareware and for this reason it requires a registration number, Sun provides a generic license, this product is very similar to the earlier version of Microsoft Office, it provides a Star Desktop similar to the Windows screen 95 and the Start button. . Star Office does not offer the same examples and wizards as Microsoft products. Star Office is very important, it has a productivity suite for Linux OS/2 and you can open and save Microsoft Office spreadsheets and documents. You can run both Star Office suites and Microsoft Office suites on the same computer; Star Office suites have 145 different formats in their dialog box. Some of the features provided by Star Office Suites are Star Office Writer, Star Office Calc, Star Office Impress, Star Office Base, Star Office Draw, these are just some of the features provided. Star Office Writer is a word processor capable of importing and exporting documents in the same way as Microsoft Word, Star Office Calc is a spreadsheet capable of importing and exporting Excel spreadsheets, Star Office Impress is a very useful application that offers a wide variety of templates. for your presentations and to help you with any animation format, Star Office Base is compatible with Microsoft Access and is a database application with wizards to guide you in creating forms, reports and paintings. Works well with other database applications, and Star Office Draw, this application is used to create web pages and is HTML compatible. The advantages and disadvantages of Star Office products compared to Microsoft From ...... middle of paper ...... base and an email program that provides speed and stability, Applix Word has a beautiful display, it can also be customized to suit all your needs, menus can be removed or added easily, it installs quickly, it is flexible, it can handle text boxes, images, drawn graphics and basic formatting without issue text. Applix Word uses filters, has a clean appearance, and runs in its own window. K Spread is a spreadsheet and calculation tool used to help create and calculate activities, income, work hours, etc. It allows you to create mind maps, flowcharts, these tools are easy to use with other K Spread applications, it chooses your templates carefully, the advantage is that you can track your credit card bills, and it memorizes formulas using a list of formulas that does the thinking for you, also opens and saves your request quickly.