Top 4 Free Word Processing Software Alternatives to MS Word
Now, we all know that Microsoft Office and in particular Microsoft Word is an essential tool for any small business, job seeker or entrepreneur, but the problem is that it can be an expensive tool to use. For example, if you are unemployed and looking for a job, £70.00 for a basic MS Word license can be a lot of money. Similarly, if you are a small business or a freelancer with tight profit margins, then once again, an MS word license (or set of licenses), can be a significant business expense, particularly if MS word is not core to your business. It’s an expensive overhead.
But, the good news is that you no longer have to struggle to find the money to pay for an MS word license, because there are plenty of free word processing alternatives on the market place, which importantly enable you to create word files, which can be opened in MS office, and to open word files that have been created in MS Word. These free word processing software tools enable you to create: resumes, reports, articles cover letters etc.. and submit them to clients, employers et… in MS word format.
So, where can you find these free word processing alternatives to MS Word? I have provided a list of four top MS word alternatives below.
1.Libre Office. This is my favourite free and open source word processing alternative to MS word and this is what I use to produce articles for clients and for my websites and to create reports and resumes for clients. It’s a great word processing tool, which has all the essential word processing features and has everything that you will need. Top pick.
2.Open Office. This is another high quality, open source and free word processing alternative to Microsoft Word. This contains a word processor/text editor so you can open, edit and save Microsoft word documents so you can collaborate with clients or associates who use Microsoft word.
3.Kingsoft Office. This MS word alternative contains a powerful text editor enabling you to save, edit and open MS word files and collaborate with other MS Word users. It differentiates itself by having powerful foreign langauge functionality in that you can have a Chinese, English or French language interface, and it has spell check support for Spanish, Portugese and French.
4.Free Office. This is another free word processing alternative to Microsoft office. The text editor in this software package allows you to open and save word, rtf and HTML files and create PDFS. It’s another very powerful word processor alternative to Microsoft Word.
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