Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

Free Word Processing Application 2019

  • 28-03-2019 4:12pm
    #1
    JamieRathmines
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hello,

    I am looking for a Free Word Processing Application.

    All suggestions welcome.

    Thank you


Comments

  • #2
    Typical Oval Lover
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Typical Oval Lover


    If on desktop then Libreoffice is an opensource office suite available at no cost. Writer is the word processing component. It will read and create word files. It has its quirks but then again so does Ms-Word.

    If on mobile (as is the name of the forum) the Microsoft Word can actually be free. Otherwise something like Polaris Office might work for you.

    Now that i think of it, with a free Microsoft Account you can get online versions of Word for free.


  • #3
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/?type=win-x86_64&version=6.2.2&lang=en-GB


  • #4
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,664 ✭✭✭Worztron


    My first choice is also LibreOffice. But Apache OpenOffice is another option: https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #5
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Trying this one today

    https://www.onlyoffice.com/


  • #6
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,664 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Trying this one today

    https://www.onlyoffice.com/

    Nice! It's both cross-platform and open-source.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • Advertisement
  • #7
    rayzercork
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭rayzercork


    wps was nice but i think its being shut down try looking up any of the alternatives here

    https://linuxforwork.zeef.com/francesco.guglielmin


  • #8
    Co. Clare Man
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Co. Clare Man


    You could try SoftMaker FreeOffice TextMaker. It is available on Windows and GNU/Linux, among other OSes.



  • #9
    JayBee66
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭JayBee66


    I was a user of Open Office and Libre Office but now I just use Google Apps, top right (the square of nine dotes) on a Google screen. Now that I have rural broadband, a cloud based solution is as good as any other.

    Google Sheets is great for all my spreadsheet needs. Google Docs handles any document I could want for. A power user might want something on the desktop. In which case, the Open/Libre route it is.



Advertisement