On 9/17/2020 8:45 AM, Bennett wrote:
On 9/16/2020 5:28 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for a simple free (or gratis) program to replace Word. Me, I
use LibreOffice without a doubt, but it is not for me. I need something
simple, that ideally saves in word 97-2003 format by default, so that
the user doesn't have to think.

I was considering AbiWord, but to my dismay it has abandoned the Windows
version for lack of volunteers.

Are there other possibilities I should consider?


If I'm not mistaken, Word comes with the full Office suite; I know two
versions: one that you pay once about 200€ and keep, with no upgrades,
another called Office 365 that is a yearly subscription, and I think I
heard about a gratis version, perhaps online inside a browser. Is this
correct? If that is so, perhaps I should suggest my friend to use that
online version and not spend an euro.

Assuming it's a Windows PC at issue, there's always Wordpad (=Write)
though you do have to specify docx as the preferred Save format.


Yes, that's a choice. But as far as I'm concerned, WordPad is not
really a word processor, it's more just a glorified text editor, with
very few of the formatting choices a real word processor has.

It might meet Carlos's needs, but it also might not. In my experience,
it's inadequate for most people.


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Ken