Microsoft Office alternative

Hello!
I recently bought a macbook osx tiger, and my free trial of microsift office has expired. Although I need to use programs like msword and powerpoint for work, I cannot afford to buy and download the program. Are there any free programs for mac that are compatable with msoffice; that is to say, if I create a document on my home laptop, email it to my office computer, and be able tonopen it on a msoffice program?
thank you for your help!

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