What is Siag Office?
Siag Office is a free and open source office suite for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. It includes major applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, vector graphics editor and database management system.
The main goals of the Siag Office suite are to provide users with high-quality open source office software and to promote the adoption of free software on personal computers and in business environments. It can read and write documents in many formats including Microsoft Office file types to aid in document exchange.
Some key features and components of Siag Office include:
- Siag - Word processor for writing documents and letters
- Gnumeric - Spreadsheet program for data analysis and financial modeling
- Siag Present - Tool for creating slideshow presentations
- Siag Draw - Vector graphics editor for illustrations and diagrams
- Siag Base - Database manager for organizing and querying data
The suite utilizes QT, GTK+ and GNOME libraries and other open source technologies. It runs natively on Linux operating systems like Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE. Siag Office is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
While it lacks some advanced features of Microsoft Office, Siag Office provides a solid set of everyday office tools at no cost. It is a good option for personal, academic and small business use, especially for those wanting to use free and open source software.
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft 365 (Office), Apache OpenOffice, WPS Office, Prezi, Google Slides, SoftMaker FreeOffice, LibreOffice - Impress, Sozi, Calligra Suite are some alternatives to Siag Office.