I've tried to download Open Office a couple of times just to have a look at it.............but I always seem to run into a problem whereby I appear to be downloading something which you need to download Open Office
So I click on the download and think I've downloaded Open Office but when I try and open it I get a message inviting me to download Open Office............and it just seems to be a circle
No idea if its still officially available or not but I use Office Starter and it does the job nicely. Its a cut down version of Word and Excel 2010 free for personal use.
Failing that Libre Office is a decent compromise if you need more than Word and Excel.
I tried open office once and it completely buggered up the formatting of my word documents.
I had terrific problems with my previous pc and OO. It kept stuffing my documents. I'd correct them. save them. close them. re-open them. They'd be ok. The next day they'd be stuffed again. NO amount of uninstalling/reinstalling seemed to fix it.
When I moved to ubuntu on a new machine I got OO and it was grand. They now ship Libre Office as standard.
No idea if its still officially available or not but I use Office Starter and it does the job nicely. Its a cut down version of Word and Excel 2010 free for personal use.
Failing that Libre Office is a decent compromise if you need more than Word and Excel.
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word pad is ok
None are as good as Word, but pretty much all will be as much as 90% of the population will ever need.
...which is available as a totally free download from here ----> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86&lang=en-GB&version=4.1.0
The applications are, for the most part, compatible with their Microsoft equivalents.
So I click on the download and think I've downloaded Open Office but when I try and open it I get a message inviting me to download Open Office............and it just seems to be a circle
I've given up on that one...............
Failing that Libre Office is a decent compromise if you need more than Word and Excel.
I'll never pay for Microsoft office again
I had terrific problems with my previous pc and OO. It kept stuffing my documents. I'd correct them. save them. close them. re-open them. They'd be ok. The next day they'd be stuffed again. NO amount of uninstalling/reinstalling seemed to fix it.
When I moved to ubuntu on a new machine I got OO and it was grand. They now ship Libre Office as standard.
It's still freely available from here http://www.snapfiles.com/get/officestarter.html but it will only work with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and later operating systems.
...and here's the free download link for Kingsoft Ofice ----> http://www.ksosoft.com/downloads/select-your-os