What is an office productivity suite?

Answer 1

An office suite is a collection of commonly used office applications, such as a word processor, slideshow presenter, and spreadsheet program. Microsoft Office is an example of an office suite, as it contains Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel.

Answer 2

Quote from Wikipedia:

"In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of productivity programs intended to be used by knowledge workers. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface and usually can interact with each other, sometimes in ways that the operating system would not normally allow.

The most common components of an office suite include:

Word processor

Spreadsheet

Presentation program

Proprietary suites:

Kingsoft Office (Chinese version known as WPS Office) - Available as a paid Professional edition, with a less capable freeware version as another option. (http://www.kingsoftstore.com)

SoftMaker Office The current edition is available for a fee, the 2006 edition is available as freeware.

IBM Lotus Symphony - Freeware. Based upon OpenOffice.org."

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_suite

Answer 3

office suite includes Web design software, presentation software, page layout design, and, in some instances, graphics editors. They are key pieces of productivity software, used in most businesses.

Answer 4

Office suite software is a collection of productivity programs used by knowledge workers. Office suite software typically consists of word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs.