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Substitute for MS WORD

  • 24-01-2005 3:32pm
    #1
    cormie
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    Hi,
    Is there any programme that is like MS WORD that will read word documents etc and has the same nice style to work with that is free to download and run with no trials etc?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    http://www.openoffice.org/


  • #3
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    cormie wrote:
    Hi,
    Is there any programme that is like MS WORD that will read word documents etc and has the same nice style to work with that is free to download and run with no trials etc?

    Thanks!
    Abi Word (http://www.abisource.com/)
    Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/)


  • #4
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    The MS Word Reader is free also, available from Microsoft's site somewhere.


  • #5
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,848 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    That was quick thanks!
    So will can these programmes creat word docs that are readable in word etc? Just the same as word but not word basically??

    Thanks again:) open office or Abi word though?


  • #6
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    OpenOffice is the closest to MS Word and will allow creation of docs (and powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets). Abi sucked last time I used it but that was a couple of years back.


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  • #7
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,848 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    thanks, ill go for oo!


  • #8
    RE*AC*TOR
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    pickarooney wrote:
    OpenOffice is the closest to MS Word and will allow creation of docs (and powerpoint presentations and spreadsheets). Abi sucked last time I used it but that was a couple of years back.
    Abi has improved a lot lately, plus its a much smaller download

    Here's a review comparing it to MS Word

    http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?catid=1&shownews=9031


  • #9
    TacT
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    open office is very nice for a free suite


  • #10
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    TacT wrote:
    open office is very nice for a free suite

    My mammy told me never to accept free suites from strangers.


  • #11
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    pickarooney wrote:
    My mammy told me never to accept free suites from strangers.
    But all those nice Open Source people can't be bad!

    can they?


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  • #12
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I'm trying to open the David Hasselhoff calendar that's doing the rounds (attached, if you haven't seen it) but it won't display properly. The pictures are OK in OpenOffice O1.1.4 but the dates are all mangled. Only the first month opens in AbiWord.
    We're still a good way off replacing Word for good, it seems.

    Has anyone tried OO version 2 Beta? I'm tempted to try it (only cause I want the Hoff on every wall in my house, you understand), but can't be bothered if I know it's not going to be compatible.

    ack, attachment is too big, although others have managed to upload it before.... It's in the forums forum anyway.


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