What is the best free word processor for Mac OS X?

ILOVEMYMBP2.2g · Aug 12, 2007, 05:54 PM

i was just wandering what the best free word processor for mac os x, and i dont want microsoft word, but i want one for college that is easy to use and all around good, thanks guys

mkrishnan · Aug 12, 2007, 05:56 PM

Gah, there are sixty thousand threads about this. If you don't want to spend any money, and you'll be in a college / university setting, just get NeoOffice.

Yaris · Aug 12, 2007, 05:56 PM

Have you tried NeoOffice? It's like OpenOffice but designed for Mac.

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

Dimwhit · Aug 12, 2007, 06:04 PM

NeoOffice is good, but it's slow and not the prettiest program I've used.

I've heard good things about Bean:

http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html

Never tried it myself, but it's free and looks nice.

clevin · Aug 12, 2007, 06:50 PM

openoffice now has an alpha of aqua version, no X11 needed.

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ILOVEMYMBP2.2g macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007	What is the best free word processor for Mac OS X? i was just wandering what the best free word processor for mac os x, and i dont want microsoft word, but i want one for college that is easy to use and all around good, thanks guys __________________ 15.4" Macbook Pro Core i5 4GB 15.4" Macbook Pro C2D 2.2GHz 4GB 20" iMac C2D 2.16Ghz 2GB 32G iPhone 4
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mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Gah, there are sixty thousand threads about this. If you don't want to spend any money, and you'll be in a college / university setting, just get NeoOffice. __________________ Mohan
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Aug 12, 2007, 05:56 PM	#3
Yaris macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2007	Have you tried NeoOffice? It's like OpenOffice but designed for Mac. http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
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Aug 12, 2007, 06:04 PM	#4
Dimwhit macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2007	NeoOffice is good, but it's slow and not the prettiest program I've used. I've heard good things about Bean: http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html Never tried it myself, but it's free and looks nice.
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Aug 12, 2007, 06:50 PM	#5
clevin macrumors G3 Join Date: Aug 2006	openoffice now has an alpha of aqua version, no X11 needed.
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