Microsoft Office/Word Document

[nong38]

Hello and thanks in advance for any forthcomign advice and help. I had a trial version of Microsoft Word which ran out and now wish to write my own will, that is all I will be using wish to do, so I really dont fancy paying out for a kosha pack. Are there any free downloads that I could get which would do the job for me? I am not a computer wizard, so be gently and dont use jargon that will go over my head.

All I need is to be able to type up a will and go back and change details from time to time, like if I moved bank or someone fell out of favour and cut out of the will.

Thanks for any useful advice.

[kevjohn]

Have a look at this. I have not used it but it seems to have all that you need.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/free-office-software#office

[ignis]

Open Office more or less the same but FREE

Trusted Download site:

http://download.cnet.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-18483_4-10263109.html

[Gary A]

Open Office more or less the same but FREE

Trusted Download site:

http://download.cnet.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-18483_4-10263109.html

Open Office is great and best of all, it is free. It will do everything you want plus much more.

[techno]

Open Office more or less the same but FREE

Trusted Download site:

http://download.cnet...4-10263109.html

Open Office is great and best of all, it is free. It will do everything you want plus much more.

Does it work with windows 7?. Many thanks

[silverhawk_usa]

Open Office more or less the same but FREE

Trusted Download site:

http://download.cnet...4-10263109.html

Open Office is great and best of all, it is free. It will do everything you want plus much more.

Does it work with windows 7?. Many thanks

Open Office does work with Win 7. It is so much like Word, that even though I have MS Office and all it's programs, I still prefer to use Open Office. You can save documents in all popular formats and it is totally compatible all MS Products.

[techno]

Open Office more or less the same but FREE

Trusted Download site:

http://download.cnet...4-10263109.html

Open Office is great and best of all, it is free. It will do everything you want plus much more.

Does it work with windows 7?. Many thanks

Open Office does work with Win 7. It is so much like Word, that even though I have MS Office and all it's programs, I still prefer to use Open Office. You can save documents in all popular formats and it is totally compatible all MS Products.

Many thanks. Will install it soon. Techno

[sfokevin]

I can't remember exact where in Pantip Plaza but I do recall seeing one place selling the MS Office Suite at a discounted price

[ignis]

Does it work with windows 7?. Many thanks

I have Win 7 on my PC, and XP + office 2003 on 1 laptop, Vista on the other..

I have Microsoft Office 2007 and Open Office

Doing some work in Office 2007 will not read in Office 2003......... But Open Office has NOT this problem, so is better as appear can be opened in any version.

[nong38]

Thanks for your helpful suggestions and comments, looks like Open Office is the ticket :jap: .

[BB1950]

For simple word processing like preparing a will, there are a several free alternatives:

There is a simple word processor built-in Windows 7 called WordPad.

How to Use the New WordPad in Windows 7

There also these two on-line word processing alternatives:

• If you have a Gmail account you can use Google Docs.
  Google Docs Sign-in
• If you have a have a Hotmail account or Windows Live account, you can use Microsoft Office Web Apps

For a Full Feature word processor, then Open Office is a good choice.

Whatever you do, stay away from pirated copies of Microsoft Office 2010. Just like pirated copies of Windows 7, it can become invalid within a couple months.

[astral]

Open Office every time,

unless you wnat some really exotic features in the latest edition of MS Word?

Available in many language versions, if you are not a native English speaker.

I have the British English version so I get the right spell checker.

I have it running under Win 7 64 bit.

No problems at all.

[nong38]

I have downloaded Open Office!! Amazingly!!!!!!! It does look like exactly I am looking for, so thanks again to one and all Have a good day, may everyday be the same

Edited November 26, 2011 by nong38

[schondie]

Another alternative to M$ Office is a stand alone word processor called Abiword. It pretty much does everything M$ Word does but is only a 8MB download.

It works with all operating systems including Win 7. You can also find a portable version so you don't need to install it.

http://www.abisource.com/download/

IMHO I believe Libre Office (a fork of Open Office) is slightly better now than OO.

Another free alternative is Softmaker Office 2008.

http://www.softmakeroffice.com/

More great suggestions can be found at;

http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/home-office-tools.html