The free version is extremely capable, offering robust counterparts to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint-and file compatibility with all three. Maybe I'm over-rationalizing, but the fact is that I like the look of Kingsoft Office Suite 2012, and I like the price even more. What's more, the developers may have borrowed heavily from Microsoft's user interface, but so did the developers of OpenOffice and similar suites they just borrowed from an older Microsoft UI. (By the way, Kingsoft is actually based in Hong Kong.) My apologies for the error.) A few commenters last week accused it of being a "Chinese rip-off," but last time I checked, software created in China wasn't inherently bad. (Update: Only the Pro version gives you the option of an Office 2010-style interface. Kingsoft Office looks a lot like Office 2010, and consequently I feel right at home in it. The famed freebies mostly resemble Office 2003-if not an even earlier version. They're all OK-good enough, certainly, for most users-but I'll admit I've become spoiled by Microsoft's Ribbon interface, which made its debut in Office 2007 and carried over to Office 2010. I had, however, tried all the usual freebie Microsoft Office alternatives: OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Lotus Symphony, Google Docs, and so on. Until last week, I'd never heard of Kingsoft or this product. I mention this because although the Kingsoft Professional giveaway is over, you can still get Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 for, well, free. Since then I've been test-driving the software on an old laptop.
About a week ago I featured Kingsoft Office Suite Professional 2012 in a bonus deal.
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