 Microsoft Word For Free?, Is that possible? |
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 May 30 2007, 01:43 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 30-May 07 Member No.: 43,870  |
When I got my PC for dell It came with a program called Word Perfect. It was awful! So I uninstalled it. But is there any way I can still get Microsoft word? I don't want to do anything against Microsoft. So is there a way to get it?
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May 30 2007, 01:47 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 28-April 07 From: Where ever i feel appropriate Member No.: 42,321 |
well...ik of an illegalish way. but if u want it legally, u have to buy it. however, here i will not disscuss the illegal way.
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May 30 2007, 01:57 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 628 Joined: 20-May 06 Member No.: 23,968 |
Yes, you cannot get it for free unless you get it illegally. You can, however get OpenOffice, which is just about as good, though it lacks features. Chances are you won't be using those features, however...
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May 30 2007, 05:40 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 6-May 07 From: Dallas, Texas Member No.: 42,678 |
There should be Microsoft Works suite on your computer. It should have one program for handling documents like Microsoft word just not as nice as Word. I forgot what's the name is called.
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May 30 2007, 12:44 PM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,115 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Hertfordshire, England Member No.: 7,593  |
There is no way to get Microsoft Word for free legally. However, as Tetraca mentioned, you can get Open Office as a free alternative. Open Office has the same sorts of programs as the entire Microsoft Office suite, for free. The programs look slightly different but have all the basic features and functionality you are likely to need.
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May 30 2007, 03:52 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 12-February 07 From: Texas Member No.: 38,593 |
Actually, you can legally get MS Word at a fraction of the retail price - or even for free - if:
You are a student and; Your school/college/university is a participant in Microsoft's student-licensing program. You can purchase (or get for free) a "student copy" of Word through your school's computer store. That's how I (legally) acquired MS Word 2000 for 20 bucks and XP Pro for five dollars. But that's the only legitimate way that I know about. I like Open Office too, though. That's free to everybody and is very much like MS Word. Except for being free and loading a bit faster on many computer systems. 
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May 30 2007, 07:54 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 17-May 06 Member No.: 23,815 |
OpenOffice all the way. If you really want, you can export it to .doc in the save box, so it's almost 100% compatible with M$ Office. M$ Office doesn't run on Linux either, so even if it weren't an M$ WoS... well, you get the gist.
@FolkRockFan: Why would you want all that? Just because it's cheap doesn't mean you have to go for it, does it? |
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May 30 2007, 08:18 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 628 Joined: 20-May 06 Member No.: 23,968 |
I believe that you can run MS Works via Wine or Crossover Office in Linux, so it's not really true that you couldn't run MS Office on Linux.
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May 30 2007, 09:01 PM
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Premium Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 183 Joined: 10-May 07 From: ONT, Canada Member No.: 42,906 |
Another alternative to OpenOffice is AbiSuite. It has some minor formatting issues but it is compatible with .doc files and is much like MSWord as is OpenOffice; one thing is that you can also install AbiWord which is a standalone word processor so you don't need to install the full suite (I'm not sure if you can do this with OpenOffice)
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