This is the companion website to A Writer's Reference, which is the most commonly used handbook for composition classes art Missouri State.

A very good open source alternative to proprietary Office software. It also converts many, many file formats into readable form, including those pesky Microsoft Works files that never open right, and can even create .pdf files. This may soon become a must due to the back-compatibility issues between Microsoft Office 2007 and all previous Microsoft Office files (yes--even Office 2003).

For those who don't have a home computer or who regularly use on-campus labs that don't have Open Office (a shrinking number), this is a portable version that fits on a USB flash drive. The Portable Apps site has other software also in portable form, including Firefox.