[users] question - ms office with open office

[shannon luff]

I possibly will have a job working at home for my neighbor and would need ( she 
said MSoffice mainly for excel, word and also access). I downloaded open office 
and I am new at spreadsheets and such. My neighbor's business uses MS office so 
what I need to know is does Open Office both read and write ms office. If it 
does that would be wonderful. Thank you for your time.