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The portable version of is actually an older version 3.2.0 but not the latest due to legal reasons. After extracting, you can find 3 executable shortcuts to run the components.ĭownload Kingsoft Office Suite Free Portable Installing the portable version of Kingsoft Office is relatively easy through its wizard installation style.

The free version only comes with 3 components which is Writer (Word), Presentation (PowerPoint) and Spreadsheets (Excel) which should be sufficient for most common office document usage. If you are experiencing compatibility problems with LibreOffice, Kingsoft Office Suite would probably be a better choice because it claims to have the highest level of compatibility with Microsoft Office. There is a shortcut for every components but you can also run the LibreOfficePortable.exe where you get a window with a selection of the components to run. All you need to do is download the installer, run it and extract it to any location on your hard drive or to a USB flash drive.

Installing LibreOffice portable is really easy. The portable version of LibreOffice contains Writer (Word), Calc (Excel), Draw (Visio), Impress (PowerPoint), Base (Access) and Math. Unlike other free office suites, LibreOffice even provides an official portable version directly from their website instead of taking the risk in downloading from unknown or untrustworthy sources.
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Now, when your high school friend sends you a spreadsheet of all your classmates for the upcoming reunion, you won’t have to say ‘sorry, I can’t open that’!Ĭan’t wait to download and install it? Here’s the link: is free and is based on OpenOffice that is compatible with files created from Microsoft Office which makes it a great alternative. All-in-all, a FABULOUS alternative to Microsoft Office for people who don’t want to invest the money or don’t use Office frequently enough to justify the expense. The system resources consumed by the products seem minimal. Kingsoft seems to open/save documents with standard Microsoft extensions flawlessly. When you open one of the programs up, unless you’re paying close attention, you’d think that you were in Microsoft-land (click on any of the images to see a larger image): Kingsoft is the basics in terms of offering, but not in terms of features. Unlike, there is no database component or image editing.
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In fact, to my untrained eye, it appears that it actually opens ALL of the apps, even if you’re only trying to work in one of them.įor years, it was really the only viable alternative to Office…but now there is a new player in the F-R-E-E software arena – Kingsoft Office Suite ( Kingsoft has three modules: Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets. It can take quite a while to open up OpenOffice and makes my computer sluggish. While I’ve always considered OpenOffice a great alternative to Microsoft Office, I feel like it doesn’t run terribly efficiently. OpenOffice is a true ‘suite’ of applications…containing modules named Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math. Are you going to invest a minimum of $150 for the pleasure? Probably not.įor many people, the ( suite of software has been the ‘go to’ software for their occasional foray into desktop productivity for quite a while.
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In other words, for many people the cost up to $499 for the Professional version (which includes Outlook and Access) is too steep of a price to pay…yet most people need SOME word processing, spreadsheet and/or presentation software at some point in time. Some only make an occasional presentation. Others don’t work with Spreadsheets or Word documents very often, if at all. Many people view/manage their email through webmail or on their smartphone. I consider it invaluable…but I use it – intensely – each and every day.

One of the most expensive pieces of software that I have on my laptop is Microsoft Office.
