Word alternative

Copter

I have a chromebook. I wish to submit letters/articles to a journal. We are now asked to submit such things in a Word document. I'm aware not everyone has Microsoft Word  as such, wondered if there is a way of getting round this. £5.99 per month for Microsoft Word just to be able to submit a letter is out of the question. Any idea's please?.

Reddleman79

Libre Office. It can read and write Microsoft Word files, as well as many other file formats.

flaneurs_lobster

Google Docs (docs.google.com), the default word processor on your Chromebook, will let you download documents you have created in .docx (MS Word) format.

Copter

flaneurs_lobster said:

Google Docs (docs.google.com), the default word processor on your Chromebook, will let you download documents you have created in .docx (MS Word) format.

Is it easy, not much of a technofob at 83.

outtatune

Copter said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Google Docs (docs.google.com), the default word processor on your Chromebook, will let you download documents you have created in .docx (MS Word) format.

Is it easy, not much of a technofob at 83.

Very easy. Chromebooks were designed around the assumption that people would use Google web based apps such as Docs.

MSE_James

The option is in the File menu in Google Docs:

File -> Download -> Microsoft Word

Reddleman79

Copter said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Google Docs (docs.google.com), the default word processor on your Chromebook, will let you download documents you have created in .docx (MS Word) format.

Is it easy, not much of a technofob at 83.

In Google Docs, when starting a new document, just press the 'New Word file' option. Your file will be in '.docx' format.

cerebus

Nobody seems to have mentioned the free online version of microsoft word

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web

flaneurs_lobster

cerebus said:

Nobody seems to have mentioned the free online version of microsoft word

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web

It works but does require you to have, or set up, a (free) Microsoft Outlook account. 

MSE_James

Reddleman79 said:

In Google Docs, when starting a new document, just press the 'New Word file' option. Your file will be in '.docx' format.

Do you have a paid-for Google Workspace account? Or do you have some kind of add-on installed? I don't see that option on my free Google Docs account.

Reddleman79

MSE_James said:

Reddleman79 said:

In Google Docs, when starting a new document, just press the 'New Word file' option. Your file will be in '.docx' format.

Do you have a paid-for Google Workspace account? Or do you have some kind of add-on installed? I don't see that option on my free Google Docs account.

It's just the Google Docs app which came with my Android tablet.