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word processing?
2004-09-21, 5:46 PM #1
IS there anywhere I can get a word processing program for free?
I need a signature SO amazing, and SO funny, that when you read it, you say, "Hey, that's pretty funny."
2004-09-21, 5:47 PM #2
???

You deleted your Word Processing program or something? I thought any OS comes with a free word processing program.
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2004-09-21, 5:49 PM #3
My copy of XP didn't, but I had an old Word 2000 disc, so it wasn't a big deal.
Pissed Off?
2004-09-21, 5:49 PM #4
Sigh, I had to reinstall everything on the comp...EVERYTHING....and can't find the Microsoft Word, only Word Pad...but I don't know if its good enough...
I need a signature SO amazing, and SO funny, that when you read it, you say, "Hey, that's pretty funny."
2004-09-21, 5:53 PM #5
woo hoo
2004-09-21, 5:54 PM #6
<3
I need a signature SO amazing, and SO funny, that when you read it, you say, "Hey, that's pretty funny."
2004-09-21, 5:56 PM #7
Simple, small, lightweight, and easy to use:

Abiword
2004-09-21, 5:58 PM #8
MYSTIC0 SUCKS AT LIFE!
D E A T H
2004-09-21, 5:59 PM #9
...?
2004-09-21, 7:58 PM #10
MS should make MSWord free, or at least an earlier version free.
My teachers complain if our work is not in Word format :rolleyes:
May the mass times acceleration be with you.
2004-09-21, 8:04 PM #11
Meh, links to files on your system don't work on these boards. Bah. =(

Oh well, my point was Windows has its free word processor, Wordpad...
2004-09-21, 8:13 PM #12
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Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
MYSTIC0 SUCKS AT LIFE!


Please elaborate... I am very confused. :confused:
2004-09-22, 1:38 AM #13
http://www.latex-project.org/

Not technically a word processor, but it's actually a better way of writing documents. You end up focusing on the text you're writing, and the program takes care of how it looks on the page.
2004-09-22, 2:41 AM #14
Giraffe, stop reminding me of university :(
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2004-09-22, 4:49 AM #15
I made the wonderful discovery recently that openoffice can open protected word files.... hehe

oh, and despite a touch of temprementality, abiword is shibby ;)
2004-09-22, 6:10 AM #16
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
MYSTIC0 SUCKS AT LIFE!


I almost feel ashamed for laughing at that. WTF? :p
2004-09-22, 9:14 AM #17
How many WTF's does it take to get Dj-Yoshi to talk?

The world may never know.
D E A T H
2004-09-22, 9:17 AM #18
1 because you just talked, ha!
nope.
2004-09-22, 9:22 AM #19
Bah. I currently use the old 2000 Word version at home... I'm seriously of the opinion that Microsoft should completely open up their Office document formats, and allow any company to make any software they want to edit MS's .DOC, .XLS, .PPP, and the like. That way, Microsoft would also look better, as they would be competing on the merit of their product itself, not on the dominance their proprietary format gives them.
Wake up, George Lucas... The Matrix has you...
2004-09-22, 9:46 AM #20
I currently am running XP office with the newest service pack on my computer. I don't have any complaints about the word processor or office for that matter, well everything but the office assistants.
2004-09-22, 11:06 AM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by Yoshi
I currently am running XP office with the newest service pack on my computer. I don't have any complaints about the word processor or office for that matter, well everything but the office assistants.

Aye, that's what we'd all like currently, but there's always the question of price, particularly when you've built your own system from nothing (which doesn't come with the handy very-low-priced OEM software attached to it). I'm merely running Office 2000 because that's the version I had for my computer, and I transferred it from my old one to the new Athlon64 machine I build during the summer.
Wake up, George Lucas... The Matrix has you...
2004-09-22, 11:17 AM #22
I use Office 2k, I like it.

*Shrug*
2004-09-22, 12:25 PM #23
Abiword seems to work well for me.
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