Free alternative to Word?

longwalks1

I brought a laptop recently with Windows 10 but no version of Office, i just need a basic word processing program that is compatible with Word documents, is there such a thing, hopefully a free one if possible please? I use Word in work and want to carry on tying at home, but hoping to not pay out £100+ for the privaledge

kwikbreaks

Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?version=5.0.0

Some posters have reported getiing install errors recently - 2503 errors iirc which appear to be an oddity with Windows 10. I recently updated my old version with this one with no issues at all.

AndyBSG

Open Office is another alternative.

Compatible with all Office documents and offers spreadsheet and word processing packages. They also do mobile phone app versions of their software

kwikbreaks

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2977112/software-productivity/why-you-should-ditch-openoffice-and-use-the-free-libreoffice-suite.html

There are other earlier articles that say it doesn't matter.

Reggie_Rebel

Does your workplace have an Office 365 subscription? If so you may be eligible to install Word on your home PC/

Swipe

For perfect document compatibility use Word online:

https://office.live.com/start/Word.aspx

if you download the chrome extension you can use it offline too.

ThemeOne

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

Does your workplace have an Office 365 subscription? If so you may be eligible to install Word on your home PC/

If they're not Office 365 subscribers they may be part of the Home User Program (HUP), under which you can obtain the same version of Office as your employer uses for under a tenner.

Details are often hidden away on company intranets, or you can ask your HR.

cookie365

AndyBSG wrote: »

Open Office is another alternative.

Compatible with all Office documents and offers spreadsheet and word processing packages. They also do mobile phone app versions of their software

Both OpenOffice and LibreOffice are good, but they certainly aren't compatible with all Office documents.

Anything with a macro or other VBA won't be compatible, for example.

ARandomMiser

I have found that Kingsoft WPS is more compatible with Microsoft than libreoffice

boliston

I like abiword as it is a very "lean" program and quick to fire up, although it's fairly basic compared with word

zaax

What about google docs?

https://www.google.com/docs/about/