depends on what you are trying to accomplish. if it's simple word processing (e.g. resume, cover letter, rent agreement, term paper), openoffice is more than adequate. If you are trying to do fancy stuff like a biz document with diagrams, tables, lots of cross-references, huge size, etc then MS Word is still the best. Same holds true for PPT and Excel. (not as familiar with access). Oh and try out google suite of products - nifty for collaboration.
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