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Microsoft Word Alternative
I'm looking for a lightweight program that does everything that MSWORD does? Any suggestions?
I'm looking for a lightweight program that does everything that MSWORD does? Any suggestions?
Try Open Office. Not sure whether you would consider it lightweight, but it does most everything that Office 2007 does. And it is free. The next best would be Wordpad. But hat has a lot less function than Word.
Openoffice is most commonly mentioned, but you can't use the word lightweight in conjunction with it :) I found this, a start:
http://www.reviewsaurus.com/online-o...-alternatives/
A Guy
Last edited by A Guy; 08 Aug 2010 at 05:55.
Well I have this installed on my flash disk so I always have my favourite apps with me all the time Portable App Directory | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives Great when you work on a lot of different PC's and never know what you may come across
Really? The entire openoffice suite with all available plugins (370 MB on one of my older boxes) takes up less HDD space than MS Word 2010 alone (910 MB). In linux, openoffice apps start with 0 delay. Click the icon and it's there instantly. Not quite as fast in windows, but still a lot faster and lighter than Word. I'm sure there's something out there lighter that that, but can it read and edit .docx documents?
I assume that this is a matter of your system configuration. In my system, Word or PP start instantly too - but they are on a SSD.In linux, openoffice apps start with 0 delay. Click the icon and it's there instantly.
It's still a pretty big download, especially if you don't have a very fast connection.