Microsoft works

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Has anyone found a free equivalent to microsoft works, especially Word and Publisher.

I do not use them enough to warrent paying for a package that I will only use three or four times a year.

If I was to use them a lot of the time then paying would not be a problem

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

[Steve FParticipant @stevef]

Hello

I use LibraOffice. You can get it here **LINK** It's free and if you use msoffice you will recognise a lot of the apps. It does word, excel etc

regards

Steve

[DiogenesIIParticipant @diogenesii]

..or Open Office. Used it for several years with no issues either opening or sending..

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Posted by DiogenesII on 23/08/2023 13:31:30:

..or Open Office. Used it for several years with no issues either opening or sending..

I have also used OpenOffice with no problems for many years

regards

[egaParticipant @ega]

Plus one for LibreOffice but it will be hard to make a judgment about any program that is used only three or four times a year!

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

Another plus for LibreOffice

Roy

[File HandleParticipant @filehandle]

Another lover of Open Office / Libre Office.

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Note that Libre uses its own format to save so you have to make a special copy for sending to people who use MS.

Not sure what publisher provides but you may need some other program for that.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Bazyle on 23/08/2023 15:43:21:

Note that Libre uses its own format …

Not exactly. Libre outputs Open Document Format, which is non-proprietary. MS-Word should be able to read it. By default MS-Word uses proprietary files, which other software can usually read, but not necessarily perfectly.

For ordinary purposes, not doing anything advanced, Libre/Word incompatibility doesn't seem to a major problem. Your mileage may vary!!!

Libre (and MS-Word) can both work with a long list of other file formats.

Dave

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Thank you all will have a look at those mentioned

[File HandleParticipant @filehandle]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 23/08/2023 16:11:14:

Posted by Bazyle on 23/08/2023 15:43:21:

Note that Libre uses its own format …

Not exactly. Libre outputs Open Document Format, which is non-proprietary. MS-Word should be able to read it. By default MS-Word uses proprietary files, which other software can usually read, but not necessarily perfectly.

For ordinary purposes, not doing anything advanced, Libre/Word incompatibility doesn't seem to a major problem. Your mileage may vary!!!

Libre (and MS-Word) can both work with a long list of other file formats.

Dave

One advantage of libre that I found when I was teaching, libre will often open Word files that MS word won't, resaving as word files then fixes the issue for Word.

[VicParticipant @vic]

I found Libre Office can open more old legacy file types than Open Office so I only use LO now.

The interface on both is not that good in my opinion but it can be customised to some extent which is well worth doing.

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