{"id":22368,"date":"2011-07-05T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=22368"},"modified":"2011-07-05T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T15:37:47","slug":"windows-talk-3-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-talk-3-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Talk: 3 Free Alternatives to Microsoft Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By James M Fisher<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt, Microsoft Office is the most popular desktop office suite of all time. You probably use it at home, at work and perhaps even on your mobile device. It even<br \/>\ncomes in a Mac version. Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 version remain popular and have a huge install base, although to my knowledge Microsoft never publishes such information. However, it was not always so, and there exists many alternatives to Office, some free, others for a very reasonable price. Since Word is undoubtedly the most often used portion of the Office suite, let&#8217;s consider some free alternatives to Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best free alternative to Word exists on your PC already: WordPad. Now, WordPad has been around since Windows 95, but it was not until recently that Microsoft updated it from an application that was little advanced from NotePad (a plain text editor and part of Windows) to something that now comes close to doing what Word does. It may well be all you need to do basic word processing and document creation for your personal use. To access WordPad (since Microsoft kind of hides it away), click on the Start button and type WordPad into the Search box. Or, look under All Programs&gt; Accessories for WordPad.<\/p>\n<p>Note the difference between the Windows 95 version of WordPad (top) and the Windows 7 version:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad_win95.png');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.windowstalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad_win95.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6207 colorbox-6202\" title=\"wordpad_win95\" src=\"http:\/\/www.windowstalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad_win95-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.windowstalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6208 colorbox-6202\" title=\"wordpad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.windowstalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/wordpad-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give WordPad a closer look before you spend any money on a retail Office suite or download any of the following free alternatives:<\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowstalk.org\/2011\/07\/three-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-word\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>This excerpt is shared with permission from Windows Talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110622windowstalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"windowstalk.org\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18914\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There exists many alternatives to Microsoft Office, some free, others for a price. 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