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Silly MS...
2006-09-06, 6:04 PM #1
Trix are for kids!

Ok. So I just went to install MS Word and Excel ('97 edition) and it refused to install. It would get to 100%, and give me something about "Blahblahblah.exe could not be entered into the registry" or something to that effect.

SO. My question to Massassi is what is a good FREE alternative to MS Word and MS Excel that is preferrably not an Office Suite type thing (a la OpenOffice). I resent MS Office, as well as OO (when I used it). I just want to open up my program and type away.

Excel because occasionally it's a nice thing to have.

But, if there's no good alternative, what would MS Word/Excel cost for the average consumer?

Edit: Any time I said MS Office, replace that with MS Works. Sorry, I'm an idiot.
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-09-06, 6:06 PM #2
Notepad

or IRC, which is like multiplayer notepad
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2006-09-06, 6:09 PM #3
OK. Anything that lets me have a little more control over font sizes, types, colors, and whatnot?
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-09-06, 6:10 PM #4
Originally posted by petmc20:
Notepad

or IRC, which is like multiplayer notepad


?
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2006-09-06, 6:10 PM #5
have you looked into the office 07 beta? i bet mzzt still has a link
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2006-09-06, 6:17 PM #6
Hmm..might be something to look into. I found MS Office 8.5 on Newegg for $10. Worth looking into?
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-09-06, 6:23 PM #7
Open office.
2006-09-06, 6:27 PM #8
WordPad?
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2006-09-06, 6:55 PM #9
Originally posted by Slayder:
Open office.


Ya Srsly.
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2006-09-06, 7:13 PM #10
Abiword for word processing, Gnumeric for spreadsheets. Both have Win32 versions.
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2006-09-06, 7:16 PM #11
Originally posted by petmc20:
IRC, which is like multiplayer notepad


Win. I'm remembering that one.
Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse?
2006-09-06, 7:18 PM #12
Don't bother. He stole that joke from bash.org.
Wikissassi sucks.
2006-09-06, 7:40 PM #13
Google Spreadsheets.

(Well, for Excel anyway.)
2006-09-06, 8:29 PM #14
http://www.writely.com/

Google owns them now, so it's google word.
2006-09-06, 8:31 PM #15
Originally posted by Slayder:
Open office.



I prefer this over MS Office any day.
Nothing to see here, move along.
2006-09-06, 8:32 PM #16
Google is gradually taking everything over.
2006-09-06, 8:55 PM #17
Originally posted by Isuwen:
Don't bother. He stole that joke from bash.org.


I retract the "win" part of my statement, but I'll still remember it. I just won't have to feel bad about stealing it from him.
Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse?
2006-09-07, 5:39 AM #18
Originally posted by 7:
have you looked into the office 07 beta? i bet mzzt still has a link


They're charging $1.59 per download now. And it's not even the latest beta (there is apparently a more private beta 2 and a technical refresh). Just google for it and you'll find it.

I still have to recommend OpenOffice even though you say you don't like it.

I did hear something about a word processor called AbiWord, but I know nothing about it.

2006-09-07, 5:50 AM #19
[QUOTE=Vincent Valentine]Google is gradually taking everything over.[/QUOTE]And we love it.
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2006-09-07, 7:23 AM #20
Originally posted by gbk:
Abiword for word processing, Gnumeric for spreadsheets. Both have Win32 versions.


Abiword is great.
2006-09-07, 10:33 AM #21
Oh, don't forget [url]www.writely.com[/url]. Unless you don't trust Google.

2006-09-07, 10:37 AM #22
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
OK. Anything that lets me have a little more control over font sizes, types, colors, and whatnot?



I do all my typing in Wordpad.
2006-09-07, 11:05 AM #23
Have you used OpenOffice since 2.0? 2.0 is leaps and bounds better than 1.x.
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2006-09-07, 11:12 AM #24
Yeah I started using OO at 2.0, I saw my bro using 1.3 or something and I was like WTF, that's ugly, update fool.

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