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[sabra]

My Microsoft Office expired and of course I can't use it anymore.  I am not going to buy it again as I don't use Excel or Powerpoint.  Does anyone know of a word document that is free or inexpensive?  I don't mind paying for something but think it's ridiculous to pay for stuff I won't use.  All I basically use it for is to copy and paste recipes and to occasionally write letters, etc.  TIA

[Goldengate8361]

MS Office is so standard, I would recommend renewing it - even if u don't use ppt or excel. 

[lolakimono]

@sabra

Google docs?

[jackthebear]

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@lolakimono wrote:

@sabra

Google docs?

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I use Google docs for lots of things, and it's so easy to share and edit with other people,  but haven't used in place of Word, but I think it would be a good replacement.

there is another program free to use but I forgot the name 

[Caligurll]

@sabra Microsoft Word Pad came free on my laptop. It is similar to MS Word and can be found under Windows Accessories in Windows 10.

[x Hedge]

@sabra, when i used a PC daily i used Google Docs for all my personal stuff and Microsoft Office just for business. I always prefered the Google Doc.
Isn't Google docs called Google Drive now?

[sandraskates]

I use OpenOffice on my Windows 10 laptop. It's free. Nearly as good as MS Word.

I think there is another freebie - Libre Office, or something like that.

[glb613]

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@sabra wrote:

My Microsoft Office expired and of course I can't use it anymore.  I am not going to buy it again as I don't use Excel or Powerpoint.  Does anyone know of a word document that is free or inexpensive?  I don't mind paying for something but think it's ridiculous to pay for stuff I won't use.  All I basically use it for is to copy and paste recipes and to occasionally write letters, etc.  TIA

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Open Office and Libre Office are free for he download.  Don't use Works if it's on your Windows computer. It's not compatible with anything.  I also wouldn't use Word Pad but, that's me. 

I have a Mac and use Pages.  It was free on my MacBook Pro but, I had to buy it on my iMac.  While compatible with Word, it doesn't always have the fonts. 

[jackthebear]

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@sandraskates wrote:

I use OpenOffice on my Windows 10 laptop. It's free. Nearly as good as MS Word.

I think there is another freebie - Libre Office, or something like that.

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yes it's open office,

thanks 

[jackthebear]

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@x Hedge wrote:
@sabra, when i used a PC daily i used Google Docs for all my personal stuff and Microsoft Office just for business. I always prefered the Google Doc.
Isn't Google docs called Google Drive now?

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Yes Google Drive now

has all the doc/sheets and everything else under that "umbrella" but us "oldschoolers" call it google docs

I really like the sharing aspect of it which is super easy,

my daughter and I set up a spreadsheet of a visit list stuff to do etc, and we can add edit things in the sheet and the other person will see instantly