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substitute for microsoft works?

noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So the new laptop I bought apparently only has a trial version of word 07, seeing as it keeps asking me for a product key I don't have. It seems it's only a trial, which is a shame seeing as I liked word. Just not enough to spend 149.00 on it.

So what are the alternative out there? I'm really looking for something as close to word as possible, that I can still load up my word files with no problem.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    http://www.openoffice.org/

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  • locopostallocopostal Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    i've been using open office for a while, and its pretty awesome for most everything. no problems loading up any microsoft formats, and it can save to em too in case someone specifies a certain file format.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah, if you don't have Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org is the way to go.

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  • yotesyotes Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    There's AbiWord, if all you need is a word processor. It may not be 100% compatible with MS Word documents, though.

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