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P. WhittPro Freeware and Open Source Solutions for Businesshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8841-2_1

1. Office Productivity, Note-Taking, Accounting, and PDF Creation

Phillip Whitt1  
(1)
Columbus, GA, USA
 

Everyone in the civilized world has heard of software programs like Microsoft Word, QuickBooks, etc. Although the alternative software titles we’ll look at shortly have been around for years and are no secret, I’d venture to guess that there are many business owners who have never heard of them (or at least not all of them).

This chapter looks at free software alternatives to commercial programs commonly used in office environments. This software is used ...

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