need similar application like microsoft word

[killwill169]

Hey everyone,

I need a word processor similar to microsoft word that has many of its main functions, can read and save default as .doc files, and is fast to open and close.

Right now, microsoft and all its apps are lagging bad, so I want to change to another application. I also have pages, but I can't use that cus my other computer is a pc, and it uses microsoft word, and I need the files to be readable and writable on both computers.

Any suggestions? Thanks,

Will

 

[macbookairman]

Just a note that Pages can read and write Word documents (.doc).

Besides that you could use OpenOffice or NeoOffice. I'm sure there are plenty of others too.

 

[zachsilvey]

I would agree with OpenOffice but would like to add Google Docs. I use google docs everyday for school and for work and have found that it has almost everything that I need plus I have my docs where ever I am. If I need to do more elaborate formatting I use OpenOffice.

 

[Zazoh]

I also have pages, but I can't use that cus my other computer is a pc, and it uses microsoft word, and I need the files to be readable and writable on both computers.

Any suggestions? Thanks,

Will

Pages should fit the bill? But you also don't HAVE to use Microsoft on Windows. Save to RTF as default, work on any computer.

 

[killwill169]

Just a note that Pages can read and write Word documents (.doc).

Besides that you could use OpenOffice or NeoOffice. I'm sure there are plenty of others too.

about pages, i don't think it can save as default all the time as doc, it has to export. and also, it takes too long to open also.

otherwise, openoffice and neooffice sounds good. thanks guys!

 

[miles01110]

I would agree with OpenOffice but would like to add Google Docs. I use google docs everyday for school and for work and have found that it has almost everything that I need plus I have my docs where ever I am. If I need to do more elaborate formatting I use OpenOffice.

Plus you put your work on Google's servers so they can target ads at you!

 

[nsbio]

Did you look at Mellel? It is very fast. The last time I checked it could not open .docx files, but it could deal with .doc more or less OK.

 

[killwill169]

Plus you put your work on Google's servers so they can target ads at you!

is that sarcasm? lol

 

[killwill169]

Did you look at Mellel? It is very fast. The last time I checked it could not open .docx files, but it could deal with .doc more or less OK.

again, i need something that can defaultly save and open doc files

 

[Gray-Wolf]

Try ABIWord

Can AbiWord open Microsoft Word® documents?

AbiWord does a reasonably good job opening most Microsoft Word documents. However, no non-Microsoft word processor can be 100% Word compatible. Developing good MS Word filters is a very difficult process. With each new Word release, Microsoft also makes considerable changes to the Word file format.

If the Word document you're trying to open with AbiWord has complicated tables, text boxes, embedded spreadsheets, and so forth, it may not work as expected. Please bear with us as we work to improve AbiWord's MS Word compatibility. If you have a Word document which fails to load, please use our website's "Report a Bug" feature. Be sure to include the document with your report to help us analyze the problem.

Saving as .doc

AbiWord can currently save in a Word-compatible .doc format. This is done by saving in Rich Text Format (.rtf) with a .doc extension. This means the document may include styled text (specific fonts; bold, italic, and other styling; colors, and so forth), HTML, tables, and other standard formatting. Word has no trouble opening these files correctly.

Some people have suggested that this file-saving method is "cheating" and doesn't represent true Word compatibility. However, Microsoft itself has a history of considering Rich Text files "Word-compatible": In Windows 98, the Wordpad application includes the option to save files as Microsoft Word 6.0 .doc files. It turns out that these files are actually Rich Text files saved with the .doc extension.

Therefore, because the Rich Text format covers the great majority of users's formatting needs, we have no plans to enable AbiWord to create actual binary Word files (see Bug 2565.)

Saving Word documents you have edited

Many users have wondered why, when they try to Save a Microsoft Word document, the Save As window appears. This is because of the small possibility of losing some of the information contained in the original file. The last thing we want is for users to lose data, so we take this precaution to be sure that users do not inadvertently overwrite their original files. If they do so, they must deliberately choose to do so.