Free Office/Word

twopenny

I've used Open Office, Libra Office as free alternatives.
I found both very good but I sometimes have to send files to people who only have MS office (convert to Word at the library)

I find for some time Open Office won't do this. I can (thanks to the folks on here) save as PDF file which will attach and can be read by a recipient but it's a pfaff and can't be altered last minute.

Libra Office used to convert well to MS Word. Haven't been able to try recently. 

The thing is how complex do you need it? Are you wanting to use the complete suite?
Or is it just word docs?

Following the thread as I need something newer 

J_B

twopenny said:

Libra Office used to convert well to MS Word. Haven't been able to try recently. 

Is it not possible to set the default document type to .docx rather than .odt (or whatever their default is)?

Or, could you 'save as' into .docx?

Savvy_Sue

twopenny said:

The thing is how complex do you need it? Are you wanting to use the complete suite?
Or is it just word docs?

And while you're asking that, has anyone found a free alternative which will do MailMerge? 

PCProbs

Many of my clients (non-business) use Open Office and Libre Office. Most seem to prefer Libre Office.

Both applications are excellent and completely open source.

Alderbank

Savvy_Sue said:

twopenny said:

The thing is how complex do you need it? Are you wanting to use the complete suite?
Or is it just word docs?

And while you're asking that, has anyone found a free alternative which will do MailMerge? 

As far as I know, they all do.

Certainly Google, OpenOffice and Libre Office do.