Free Microsoft office and word alternative

I have never been a fan of paying for software when free and open source programs are available. Most people have Microsoft office or works but both can cost a lot of money well more then I am willing to pay. Any ways there are free alternatives that are in some ways better then office and  word. First if you just want a word processor then try abiword it is a great open source word processor. I found it to be fast and you can’t bear the price. Now if you are looking for a free alternative to all of the stuff Microsoft office has then open office  is for you it has everything from a power point alternative to a spreadsheet application. It is also an  open source project. The cool thing about open office is that it can open and create just about  every document format you can think of.
You can get abiword at www.abisource.com 
And you can get open office at www.openoffice.org