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bill2468 · May 30, 2007, 11:40 AM

My pc came only came with a 30 day demo of MS word.

When I had my Apple I used Claris Works

At surplus computer or computer surplus they have word programs from Correl on sale very low price.

Any recomendations ?

BiLL

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ac.smith · May 30, 2007, 12:52 PM

Correl has a very serviceable Office suite that includes WordPerfect, QuattroPro, a presentation program similar to PowerPoint and some other programs. The last version I used personally was v8 but at the time it would import MS Office files pretty well.In general Correl Office has the same capabilities as MS Office.

The is also an open source office suite called Open Office that has much of the capabilities of MS Office. You can Google Open Office and find their web site for more information and download. It can also import MS Office files and in general write MS Office compatable files.

bill2468 · May 30, 2007, 1:21 PM

Thanks for the prompt reply ac

Surplus computor has corell word perfect office X3 for 25.00 (free frt.)

or as a oem for 19.99 in a jewl box (less instruction book I guess). for $20.00.

They also have great deals on camera memory and flash drives. Many of their items

also include free frt.. I have bought from them before and are reliable.

Thanks,

BiLL

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dan279 · May 30, 2007, 1:25 PM

Bill I've bought software here and have always been happy
http://store.purplus.net/workssuite.html

Dan

cwodave · May 30, 2007, 2:36 PM

http://www.openoffice.org/

It's free and very good.

JimC · May 30, 2007, 2:37 PM

ac.smith wrote:

Quote:

The is also an open source office suite called Open Office that has much of the capabilities of MS Office. You can Google Open Office and find their web site for more information and download. It can also import MS Office files and in general write MS Office compatable files.

Open Office would have my vote. I use it with both Windows XP Pro and Linux, even though I've got a legal copy of MS Office for use with Windows.

http://www.openoffice.org/

If you're looking at strictly word processing (versus an entire office suite), you may also want to take a look at AbiWord. It's got a bit lighter footprint for better performance on challenged hardware.

http://www.abisource.com/

JimC · May 30, 2007, 2:53 PM

P.S.

If you also need a replacement for Outlook, give Thunderbird a try.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

If you want a replacement for Micrsoft's software, including Windows, I'd give SimplyMEPIS 6.5.02 a try.

http://www.mepis.org

Another good Linux distro to try would be PCLinuxOS 2007:

http://www.pclinuxos.com

Both of those already have loads of good software pre-installed, including Open Office.

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May 30, 2007, 11:40 AM	#1
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	My pc came only came with a 30 day demo of MS word. When I had my Apple I used Claris Works At surplus computer or computer surplus they have word programs from Correl on sale very low price. Any recomendations ? BiLL :\|

May 30, 2007, 12:52 PM	#2
ac.smith Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Davenport, IA Posts: 2,093	Correl has a very serviceable Office suite that includes WordPerfect, QuattroPro, a presentation program similar to PowerPoint and some other programs. The last version I used personally was v8 but at the time it would import MS Office files pretty well.In general Correl Office has the same capabilities as MS Office. The is also an open source office suite called Open Office that has much of the capabilities of MS Office. You can Google Open Office and find their web site for more information and download. It can also import MS Office files and in general write MS Office compatable files.

May 30, 2007, 1:21 PM	#3
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	Thanks for the prompt reply ac Surplus computor has corell word perfect office X3 for 25.00 (free frt.) or as a oem for 19.99 in a jewl box (less instruction book I guess). for $20.00. They also have great deals on camera memory and flash drives. Many of their items also include free frt.. I have bought from them before and are reliable. Thanks, BiLL :\|

May 30, 2007, 1:25 PM	#4
dan279 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,896	Bill I've bought software here and have always been happy http://store.purplus.net/workssuite.html Dan

May 30, 2007, 2:36 PM	#5
cwodave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 220	http://www.openoffice.org/ It's free and very good.

May 30, 2007, 2:53 PM	#7
JimC Administrator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Savannah, GA (USA) Posts: 22,378	P.S. If you also need a replacement for Outlook, give Thunderbird a try. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ If you want a replacement for Micrsoft's software, including Windows, I'd give SimplyMEPIS 6.5.02 a try. http://www.mepis.org Another good Linux distro to try would be PCLinuxOS 2007: http://www.pclinuxos.com Both of those already have loads of good software pre-installed, including Open Office.