which one?

[chris200x9]

Hi I re-installed my OS and wasn't thinking so I erased MS word. What is best alternitive? (I know there are a few).

 

[clevin]

for free:

openoffice (need X11)
neooffice
abiword

for $$$.

some ppl will mention later, 😀

 

[GoCubsGo]

Hi I re-installed my OS and wasn't thinking so I erased MS word. What is best alternitive? (I know there are a few).

You can reinstall it though.

 

[chris200x9]

You can reinstall it though.

yes it's not in my possesion I used my cousin's office since its good for 5 computers. She's at college in ohio im in michigan.

 

[maxrobertson]

I use NeoOffice. I think it's very promising, and it's good enough for everyday use.

 

[joepunk]

I've used Abiword and did not like it all that much.

NeoOffice is what I use now and is better imo.

 

[rksprst]

I personally like Mellel ( http://www.redlers.com/ )

I don't like NeoOffice, as it uses java which is always slow. OpenOffice is also slow as it uses x11.

I don't remember why, but there was some reason I didn't like AbiWord.

My ultimate favorite is of course TextEdit. Simple and always gets the job done.

 

[chris200x9]

I downloaded neoffice but I have a question I went to save as doc and it said some formatting might get messed up so I saved as odt no big deal. But my sister has a PC with MS word and we are in college so formatting is important also my computer is the oly one with a printer so she often saves papers o a flash drive and prints them out on my computer. When I open her papers to print them can/will the formatting mess up?

 

[clevin]

I downloaded neoffice but I have a question I went to save as doc and it said some formatting might get messed up so I saved as odt no big deal. But my sister has a PC with MS word and we are in college so formatting is important also my computer is the oly one with a printer so she often saves papers o a flash drive and prints them out on my computer. When I open her papers to print them can/will the formatting mess up?

its a precaution, but mostly ok, u can save as doc in neooffice, and ur sister can install openoffice under windows too, whichever u want.

 

[ready2switch]

I downloaded neoffice but I have a question I went to save as doc and it said some formatting might get messed up so I saved as odt no big deal. But my sister has a PC with MS word and we are in college so formatting is important also my computer is the oly one with a printer so she often saves papers o a flash drive and prints them out on my computer. When I open her papers to print them can/will the formatting mess up?

Only very complicated documents will show any change in formatting (ie. legal documents or extremely complicated publications), and even then they might still be fine. Normal documents (school papers or letters) won't notice a difference.

 

[chris200x9]

Only very complicated documents will show any change in formatting (ie. legal documents or extremely complicated publications), and even then they might still be fine. Normal documents (school papers or letters) won't notice a difference.

ok thanx😀