Crystal Office Reviews


CNET

Crystal Office is one of a number of full-featured office software suites to challenge Microsoft's industry-leading Office at a much lower price. It integrates five primary tools: NotePro, a word processor; DayMate, a planning tool; CellPro, a spreadsheet application; ChartPro, a project manager; and Clip Plus, a Windows Clipboard enhancement. Crystal Office can open, edit, and save Word and other Office documents, a critical compatibility.

An installation wizard gives you the option to make Crystal Office the default application for a number of file types and to choose which tools to install. Each application sports a fully customizable Windows-style interface with file menus and icon-based toolbars typical of each category of software; they project a welcome familiarity that quickly brought us up to speed. We opened and tried each tool, beginning with NotePro. We saved a file as a Word document and opened it in Word with no problems, all content intact and able to be edited. CellPro works much like Excel and proved compatible with existing Excel files. DayMate is laid out much like a desk calendar, another familiar, efficient choice. The Clip Plus feature is the only thing that's really different about Crystal Office; clicking its system tray icon calls up an enhanced clipboard box as well as a larger dialog for settings, including the interesting Groups feature that lets you group similar items together for quick selection.

Crystal Office is a viable alternative to expensive software suites like Office, but it's a fraction of the cost. It's well worth a look.



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Were you looking for an office suite that will help you work faster and consequently make your life a little bit easier? If you answered “Yes” to this question then you should know that there is an office suite available out there that meets these requirements. I am of course talking about the Crystal Office Systems-developed, the aptly named Crystal Office.

Crystal Office is a collection of applications that are meant to help you complete routine tasks faster and with better results. You could compare it with Microsoft’s productivity suite Microsoft Office. Crystal Office offers similar functionality as MS Office does – but it is considerably less expensive.

Here are the applications included in Crystal Office:

NotePro – this is a text editor that offers a lot more functionality than Microsoft’s Notepad or WordPad. NotePro is like WordPad on steroids.

DayMate – this is an easy to use, powerful and quite useful day planer that can do a lot of things. DayMate lets you create reminders so you will never forget about an important event. The reminder can be displayed as a popup or can be sent via email. DayMate can also perform scheduled tasks, like opening a document, opening a website, or launching an application at a specific time. DayMate can also speak out the time, sync your system time, or shutdown your computer at a specific time.

CellPro – this is the equivalent of MS Excel (it can even open and save Microsoft Excel files). CellPro is an easy to use spreadsheet application that will come in handy when you need to organize, analyze and manage important data and financial information

ChartPro – this project management application will come in handy when you need to create and display projects using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Chart. WBS charts offer an intuitive means of planning and displaying projects.

Clip Plus – this application will put the Windows clipboard on overdrive. This application automatically grabs and saves text, images, and objects as they are copied to the clipboard – and makes them available to you at any time.

If you are looking for a viable replacement for MS Office, Crystal Office is well worth a try. It is a powerful office suite for home and business use and it is provided at an affordable price.