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Office - Word Processor
Now we save the best till last. Office tools are notoriously large in size, but now you can get a word processor, spreadsheet, database, drawing package and a presentation tool all able to fit on a reasonably sized USB Flash Drive.
While all the applications we have looked at so far are undoubtedly very useful being taken from computer to computer, the portable office we feel is going to give you the most benefit. Having your own word processor, spreadsheet and database with you wherever you go along with the files you create is a big plus. Also you get A drawing package and a presentation tool. You will need a slightly larger USB Flash Drive than for the others but considering some office packages go into gigabytes of data, getting an office suite onto a Flash Drive is triumph for for the designers and programmers. Portable Open Office is the program we are going to be taking a look at. You can download Portable Open Office here.
Open Office Writer
Open Office writer is a great little word processor. For the size on the disk it takes, the feature list is everything you would need in order to get writing those documents and editing files that you have taken with you on the move. Open Office writer is fully capable of opening and editing Microsoft Word documents and saving your files in many formats including plain text, open offices own writer format and Microsoft Word doc format.
Open office writer can handle hyperlinks to websites, it can produce and edit table layouts and of course it can handle images. All the basic tools for word processing are of course all there like text layouts, sizes colours and paragraph options. All in all this is a fantastic program and the fact that its free is a massive bonus. The creators of Open Office do not charge but they do have a link to donate to the progression of the program. If you like open office giving a few pounds or dollars towards the program will help them along to producing even better programs for you.