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Microsoft office

by mblount
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I recently bought a new computer and it just has a trial version of Microsoft office. I only used one program from Msoft office which is word. Is there a cheaper word program that will open .doc documents?
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  • Profile picture of the author the6thplayer
    Originally Posted by mblount View Post

    I recently bought a new computer and it just has a trial version of Microsoft office. I only used one program from Msoft office which is word. Is there a cheaper word program that will open .doc documents?

    A quick search and i found this Free document viewers for Office files: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .odt, and more ... its free
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    You might look into the free collaborative project:

    Download OpenOffice

    It recreates the functions of the office suit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Will Perkins
    I highly recommend Open Office.

    It's made by Sun which makes Java, and they're huge so you know you can obviously trust them. Plus the OOS (Open Office Suite) contains the same setup as the Microsoft Office Suite.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    You can hardly tell the difference between Open Office and MS Office. Sure there are some visual differences in the programs, but they function pretty much the same. And Open Office will open the MS Office documents just like MS Office and vice versa.

    If you don't want to pay for MS Office, then download Open Office and don't look back.
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    • Profile picture of the author digichik
      I totally agree with getting Open Office, it's free and it's great.
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      • Profile picture of the author LiquidSeo
        Open Office or Google Docs
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        • Profile picture of the author abdulquddus
          Originally Posted by LiquidSeo View Post

          Open Office or Google Docs
          Google docs is completely online. It can't replace MS Office
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    Absolutely go with Open Office. One great bonus feature of it is you can export any document as a pdf document.
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    • Profile picture of the author wanna-succeed
      I don't know squat about this open-office, it sounds rally good and you should probably take the advice of these forum members.
      I do however have a question for you-
      If you bought a new computer, what are you using as an operating system? Maybe a more precise question would be after this trial ends..
      I mean, you need some form of OS...don't you?
      I am only talking from common sense here but if you will anyway have an operating system on your computer after this trial ends (im assuming you will...:confused, why not keep the word?
      Yikes this post came out so wierd but I think I get my question across well enough.
      I'm just wondering is all.
      Which ever choice you choose, gl with it
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      No sig, good day m8...

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      • Profile picture of the author BillyBee
        Will Open Office work on a Mac?
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
        Originally Posted by wanna-succeed View Post

        I don't know squat about this open-office, it sounds rally good and you should probably take the advice of these forum members.
        I do however have a question for you-
        If you bought a new computer, what are you using as an operating system? Maybe a more precise question would be after this trial ends..
        I mean, you need some form of OS...don't you?
        I am only talking from common sense here but if you will anyway have an operating system on your computer after this trial ends (im assuming you will...:confused, why not keep the word?
        Yikes this post came out so wierd but I think I get my question across well enough.
        I'm just wondering is all.
        Which ever choice you choose, gl with it
        I think you're getting confused with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows.

        Office is a complete productivity suite which includes a spreadsheet, database, word processor, etc

        Windows is the actual Operating System (OS) that you need to run all your programs.
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  • Profile picture of the author GaryBurke
    I have Mirosoft Office but only because it cost me nothing through a course I was doing.Go for Open Office if you want free and yes there is Microsoft or Mac versions so just make sure you download the right one.
    there is everything you will ever need including pdf converter
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  • Profile picture of the author infohog
    Another vote here for OpenOffice since it allows you to turn 'word' documents into sweet PDF's in seconds. I've also used the OpenOffice version of excel and powerpoint with no issues. And the price is perfect - FREE!

    Matthew


    Originally Posted by mblount View Post

    I recently bought a new computer and it just has a trial version of Microsoft office. I only used one program from Msoft office which is word. Is there a cheaper word program that will open .doc documents?
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