Purchase ThinkFree Office

I bought the item used, so I paid virtually nothing for it. Under those conditions, I'd have to say I'm satisfied with it. But I would not recommend spending any more than you're willing to waste on an annoying, slim-featured, slow and unreliable application.

Sometimes it will open an MS document. Sometimes it won't. Because it's java based you need to make sure all your file and folder names, in the entire document hierarchy, follow rigid file-naming requirements. No spaces, no slashes, no special characters, and so on. Even when opening a properly-named document at the root level of your hard-drive, however, at times the document inexplicably opens up as a blank page. A day or two later, the same document might open perfectly. This happens not only with documents translated from MS apps, but with documents actually created in Thinkfree Office itself.

The interface and features are more those of an html editor than a word processor, or spreadsheet, or slideshow creator.

Although it can be used to create passable alternatives to MS documents, it has very few features of the actual MS programs. Expect problems and inconsistencies if transfering files between Thinkfree and MS Office users. The look and even the data may change in inexplicable ways.

It is extremely slow. When you open a document, it will seem as if the computer or the application may have hung up or failed. Even more confusing, you can navigate to the open dialog while the application is in the middle of trying to open a document, so it seems for all the world like the document is not responding. But just keep waiting ... eventually the program will get around to making an attempt at opening the document. If you're lucky, you might actually get a usable document in a minute or two. Or maybe a blank page. You can take bets while you're waiting, if you want to make it interesting.

In short, purchase this if you can deal with the annoyances and unreliability. It is useful for trying to open the occasional email attachment. But be aware that this is definitely not a professional-grade software package capable of handling business needs.Get more detail about ThinkFree Office.