Accessing Your Office System On Internet For Free! All from ThinkFree

Revolutionary New Free Service Lets Users Create, Access and Edit Any Word, Excel or PowerPoint File Without Extra Software; Includes 30 MB of Upgradeable Storage, Blog Embedding and PDF Creation

NEW YORK, NY [C3 EXPO] - June 28, 2005 - ThinkFree Corp., the leading developer of standards-compatible office software, today announced the initial beta release of ThinkFree Office Online the world's first free online office suite. ThinkFree Office Online includes the same easy-to-use Microsoft Office compatible software suite found in the acclaimed ThinkFree Office 3, but like free email, online briefcases and search engines, is absolutely free to the user, relying instead on keyword-driven advertising with industry leading advertising partners to be announced. Users will also be able to purchase additional storage space and services, as needed, but the core application will always remain free.

"The typical user does not want to buy a separate $400 office suite for their home computer just to read and edit documents they compose at work," said TJ Kang, founder and CEO of ThinkFree Corp. "We believe this is the next 'killer app' for commuters or anyone, who uses multiple computers. It will also be of great advantage for students or travelers who use shared computers in public libraries, schools or Internet cafes. ThinkFree Office Online combines great functionality with ease of use and at no cost to the user."

ThinkFree Office Online offers the same great features as ThinkFree Office 3, a cross-platform office suite of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics applications, allowing users to effortlessly exchange files with friends, co-workers and fellow students who use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats. The ASP model also provides a high degree of flexibility, security and reliability.

ThinkFree Online Also Adds Blog Embedding and PDF Capabilities
Two exciting new functions of ThinkFree Office Online are the ability of the user to embed the application into a blog and the suite's instant PDF capabilities. With the blog embedding, the user can create a mini-version of the software inside one's blog, allowing all who visit the blog to be able to read, edit and manipulate Microsoft Office files. For example, a blogger can now create "what if" scenarios in a spreadsheet and let readers fill in their own variables, all without having to install or even call up a Microsoft Excel program. A blog's readers can also execute a Word document or Power Point file right from one's blog, regardless of platform or installed software.

Meanwhile, ThinkFree Office Online's instant PDF feature allows users to take any Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint document and change it into a secure, unchangeable Adobe Acrobat-compatible PDF file - again, without owning any standalone Microsoft or Adobe software.

"Standards are important, but at a certain point in time they become larger than the company that created them, such as IBM-compatible computers," noted Kang. "We have developed interfaces and algorithms that allow the highest level of compatibility in manipulating files of these worldwide standards, for free, without the need to install any of the underlying programs that were used to create them."

ThinkFree Office Online delivers a complete set of office applications. ThinkFree Office features integrated, Internet-based file sharing and storage with end-to-end security. Its powerful, easy-to-use applications can seamlessly open, edit, and save directly to the corresponding Microsoft Office file formats like .doc, .xls, and . ppt. Other features include a full featured drawing module, chart module, HTML export, and XML (WordML and SpreadsheetML) support.

Thinkfree Online will work with most computers and browsers, including Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher), FireFox 1.0.1 (or higher), Safari 1.3 and Windows Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP, Mac OS X 10.3/10.4, Linux Fedora Core 3, Redhat Linux 9 (Over Gnome 2.6.2 or KDE 3.4) or Haansoft Linux Workstation 2005 for software. Recommended hardware includes Pentium IV with 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended), 200 MB free hard disc space and 8x CD-ROM or higher. HDD: minimum over 200 MB Free spaces for PC format or Macintosh G4/G5 for Apple.
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Source: http://www.thinkfree.com/whatsnew_con.jsp?seq=117

This is for FREE!

You get: 30 MB of online space, ability to save on local machine, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and much more!

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Check it out!

NOTE: It is slower than OpenOffice and M$ Office because it's 100% Java and it reads from the webserver. Java 1.5.x is required for Windows/Linux users, Macintosh users can use Java 1.4.x.

xboxrulz
Edited April 9, 2006 by xboxrulz (see edit history)

Whoa! That is unreal!

 

It's a complete Office package, full with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. And as if that was not enough, you get Image Manipulation capabilities, and PDF Conversion from within each application. Add to that the ability to publish whatever you write to your WordPress blog on the fly, and a couple of other great features.

 

The whole thing is completely adminstered online, so it minimizes the risks of data corruptions... that's of course if their Web-server itself is reliable, which I think it is.

 

I suppose the only real problem with a service like that would be - as usual - privacy. When you make a habit of processing your documents online, many will get access to your data, most namely the service provider itself. But I suppose that if you restrict the use of the service to impersonal, non-specific tasks, it'll be just fine. Plus, not all of us are privacy-freaks, thank ye gods .

 

A great find, xboxrulez. Two thumbs up. Thanks a lot!

Source: http://www.thinkfree.com/whatsnew_con.jsp?seq=117

 

This is for FREE!

 

You get: 30 MB of online space, ability to save on local machine, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and much more!

 

https://member.thinkfree.com/

Check it out!

 

NOTE: It is slower than OpenOffice and M$ Office because it's 100% Java and it reads from the webserver. Java 1.5.x is required for Windows/Linux users, Macintosh users can use Java 1.4.x.

 

xboxrulz

 

Ya man, this is good, but the point over here is that its an Online editor which microsoft office is not. It is good when you want to create a new document when you do not have one, this happens when you have just formatted your disk. Installing M$ Office takes a long time (approximately = 4 min.) so if you do not patients you could try this good online tool. Seems to be a good idea.

This is really great, have heard a lot of rumors about it and now it is online, seems that a lot of things are being put online and a lot of whom said a lot of advantages for it, but personally I think that not all computers have java enabled browsing, especially when you will need to use this java software online, because a lot of whom will be using it in public libraries, schools and other buildings, where java can be disabled or even not installed. On your own computer it might be easier to install Open Office 2 and be happy, but anyway I still like it, the idea and that it is online and the features it offers.

 

NOTE: It is slower than OpenOffice and M$ Office because it's 100% Java and it reads from the webserver. Java 1.5.x is required for Windows/Linux users, Macintosh users can use Java 1.4.x.

 

xboxrulz

 

It's really a very good and helpfull tool, i like it, just as you said it's somehow slow, but it's more faster than i expected before trying it, have a good feature which is converting files into pdf format, also 30MB space for documents is not a little space, i thought about removing my office from the machine, but who can resist being on OpenOffice??

i really considered it and i suggest it to people who travel so much like me , and ofcourse like m^e who is always travelling to vietnam