Thinkfree Office

Last updated
Developer(s) Thinkfree Inc.
Initial release4 July 2000;25 years ago (2000-07-04)
Operating system Online; read only: iOS, Android
Platform Web application
Standard(s)Office Open XML, OpenDocument: ISO/IEC 26300-3:2015
Available in14 languages
List of languages
Korean, English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States), Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional).
Type Office suite, project management
License Proprietary
Website thinkfree.com

Thinkfree Office is a web-based commercial office productivity suite developed by South Korea-based Thinkfree Inc. It includes Word (a word processor), Spreadsheet (a spreadsheet) and Presentation (a presentation program). [1] [2] [3]

Contents

They are compatible with Microsoft Office's Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. It also features collaborative editing. [4] [5] The product is hosted on the client’s server.

Supported file formats

Thinkfree Office supports ISO/IEC international standard ISO/IEC 26300 Open Document Format for Office Applications (odf, odt, odp, ods, odg). [6] It also supports Microsoft's XML formats (docx, pptx, xlsx) and Microsoft's legacy binary formats (doc, ppt, xls).

Naming

The software was previously marketed under different names, such as Thinkfree Server, Thinkfree Online, Hancom Office Online, and Hancom Office Web. [7] Eventually, the brand was consolidated under the name Thinkfree Office.

History

References

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