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Free Offrice Software

Does anyone have an opinion on the best free office software available, please?

I have used MS Office in the past but had a new graphics card fitted recently which rendered my pre-loaded version of MS Office unusable and I am cross and don't want to spend money on something that I use only in it's simplest form.

Thank you for reading.

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  • earthstorm
    earthstorm Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    they are a few

    Openoffice http://www.openoffice.org/

    Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 - http://www.kingsoftstore.co.uk/kingsoft-office-freeware.html

    Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2013 - http://www.ksosoft.com/product/office-free
  • Zeitgeist
    Zeitgeist Posts: 309 Forumite
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    I have used MS Office in the past but had a new graphics card fitted recently which rendered my pre-loaded version of MS Office unusable
    In what way is the pre-loaded version unusable? Maybe it's possible to fix that if you were happy with it.
  • johnmc
    johnmc Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    A new graphics card shouldn't affect MS Office. Have you downloaded the latest Office Updates?

    As long as you are not using Access then Libre Office is just about the same.
  • Shovel_Lad
    Shovel_Lad Posts: 1,123 Forumite
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    johnmc wrote: »
    A new graphics card shouldn't affect MS Office. Have you downloaded the latest Office Updates?

    As long as you are not using Access then Libre Office is just about the same.
    A new graphics card could push Office over the hardware changes limit (HD, Graphics, Memory, MB etc...) so it is probably cumulative. All that needs to be done though is to re-register with MS and it will work again. Assuming it was a kosher version in the first place, that is.
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