Mr Alewine

Last night was my first experience with Open Office, and as someone who has spent my life using Microsoft Word, I am impressed. From what I can see thus far, Open Office has a similar layout and appearance as Word and uses similar icons and commands. For a novice computer user, Open Office offers helpful tools found in Word, including a text feature that will complete long, commonly used words when I start to type them. I can also use Spell and Grammar check, shortcut icons for printing and saving, and an easy to read tool bar.
As it stands now, the comparison is fairly even, with Open Office enjoying a slight edge because... well, it's free.