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06-25-2008, 02:16 PM
from investintech.com ....... While many people believe that they are “locked” into using Microsoft Word for all their document creation needs, it simply isn’t true. There are many free alternatives to the costly application from Microsoft, many of which are free. Today we’re going to talk about ten alternatives to Microsoft Word that you can quickly and easily start using today. Some will be online and some will be downloadable applications that can be installed on your local computer, but all will enable you to wean yourself off of Microsoft Word and still be productive.
Over the past few years many alternatives have been emerging to Microsoft Word and Office. A notable freely downloadable option is OpenOffice which has been in development in one form or another for almost twenty years. One of the newer and more well-known online options is of course offered by those masters of online applications, Google, in the form of Google Documents. So let’s get started on the tour of ten free alternatives to Microsoft Word.
Downloadable Applications:
Some people are simply not ready to cut the ties to their local computer and put all their work online, so for you we have several applications which are open source and freely downloadable to be installed on your local computer and which don’t require an internet connection to function.
http://www.investintech.com/articles/tenwordalternatives/
Over the past few years many alternatives have been emerging to Microsoft Word and Office. A notable freely downloadable option is OpenOffice which has been in development in one form or another for almost twenty years. One of the newer and more well-known online options is of course offered by those masters of online applications, Google, in the form of Google Documents. So let’s get started on the tour of ten free alternatives to Microsoft Word.
Downloadable Applications:
Some people are simply not ready to cut the ties to their local computer and put all their work online, so for you we have several applications which are open source and freely downloadable to be installed on your local computer and which don’t require an internet connection to function.
http://www.investintech.com/articles/tenwordalternatives/