Today we will be taking a look at productivity applications, as a continuation of the Tech in Tough Times Series. Microsoft office is the world standard in business, that is a fact. If your solution to document preparation doesn’t work with office, as seamlessly as possible then you are going to have a rough road ahead. In that spirit I’m going to introduce you to two free solutions that fit different parts of the need for word processing,presentation design and spreadsheet management, in short the most basic productivity applications. Read the rest of this entry »