OpenOffice 3 is a free to use (for both personal and business use)
Microsoft Office compatible suite of applications. It can be
downloaded from the following link:-

http://www.openoffice.org/

There are versions for most of the common operating systems such as
windows, unix, linux, Mac OS etc. and it supports various hardware
platforms (PC, MAC, Power PC). Big saving on paying for MS Office.

Hope you find it useful.


Norrie