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japie
japie
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2 Feb 2012 10:30pm
Any of you techno guru's out there know of a free word processing download. I do not want anything fancy and do not want to pay for it. I was using Compare Office which cost me $149 but it came on cd and the el cheapo laptop I bought does not have a disc drive.

Thanks in advance!
rod_bunny
rod_bunny
WA
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2 Feb 2012 7:46pm
Notepad... it aint fancy but its free
japie
japie
NSW
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NSW, 7146 posts
2 Feb 2012 10:49pm
I have it on the machine I bought but it chucks a spastic if I try to download Word documents on it.
Bristol
Bristol
ACT
347 posts
ACT, 347 posts
2 Feb 2012 11:00pm
Try "Open Office". Free from Sun. Requires Java Development Kit (JDK) to be loaded as well.

gs12
gs12
WA
426 posts
WA, 426 posts
2 Feb 2012 8:53pm
Wordpad -already installed with Windows (assuming you are running windows).

Basic but better than Notepad.

Start->Run & type "Wordpad"

hit enter
dinsdale
dinsdale
WA
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WA, 1227 posts
2 Feb 2012 11:00pm
rod_bunny said...

Notepad... it aint fancy but its free

That's a text editor - a lot different.
Use Libre Office instead of OpenOffice. OO is way behind in bug fixes, whereas LO is OO with the bugs fixed in a timely manner. OO is controlled by Oracle Corp - tardy development. LO is a user supported fork - bleeding edge development.

pweedas
pweedas
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2 Feb 2012 11:29pm
Can't you just copy the disc onto a thumb drive on another compuda and plug that into your compuda?
FormulaNova
FormulaNova
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3 Feb 2012 4:25am
USB DVd-rom drives are reasonably cheap if you wanted to use your existing disc and load it.
nightmonkey
nightmonkey
WA
146 posts
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3 Feb 2012 8:24am
japie said...

Any of you techno guru's out there know of a free word processing download. I do not want anything fancy and do not want to pay for it. I was using Compare Office which cost me $149 but it came on cd and the el cheapo laptop I bought does not have a disc drive.

Thanks in advance!


Open Office. Just as good as Office and works on PC & Mac.
Rex
Rex
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Rex Rex
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3 Feb 2012 8:51am
pweedas said...

Can't you just copy the disc onto a thumb drive on another compuda and plug that into your compuda?



That's what I did with my netbook, easy and quick.

Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
7279 posts
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3 Feb 2012 9:04am
Why not just type directly into Seabreeze forums and let the spelling and grammar Nazis do their thing ?

Free AND you don't have to do it yourself.



EDIT :

This post has been edited. The orignal version was :

Y not tipe in ere and let them ****wits jiggle it for U ?
ikw777
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3 Feb 2012 11:12am
Libre Office

www.libreoffice.org/



d1
d1
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3 Feb 2012 9:13am
Carantoc said...

Why not just type directly into Seabreeze forums and let the spelling and grammer Nazi's do their thing ?


It's grammar, and there should be no apostrophe in Nazis.
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
WA
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3 Feb 2012 10:09am
Why install one at all?


Google Docs is pretty good ... free!, just needs a browser
offers 5Gb of free storage

SkyDrive on www.live.com offers 25Gb of free storage and access to MS Office apps online
Word
Excel
etc.

japie
japie
NSW
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3 Feb 2012 3:21pm
Thanks guys, reckon I should get a solution out of that lot!
seanhogan
seanhogan
QLD
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3 Feb 2012 9:04pm
download a cracked version of ms office and voila !
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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3 Feb 2012 10:39pm
Word - its tha shazzizzle

bobajob
bobajob
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5 Feb 2012 2:56am
d1 said...

Carantoc said...

Why not just type directly into Seabreeze forums and let the spelling and grammer Nazi's do their thing ?


It's grammar, and there should be no apostrophe in Nazis.


Unless the Nazis own something, ie: its the nazis' gun, let them play.
japie
japie
NSW
7146 posts
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5 Feb 2012 12:00pm
bobajob said...

d1 said...

Carantoc said...

Why not just type directly into Seabreeze forums and let the spelling and grammer Nazi's do their thing ?


It's grammar, and there should be no apostrophe in Nazis.


Unless the Nazis own something, ie: its the nazis' gun, let them play.


Nazi is a capital noun and should therefore be spelled with a capital N.
dinsdale
dinsdale
WA
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5 Feb 2012 5:08pm
bobajob said...
Unless the Nazis own something, ie: its the nazis' gun, let them play.

That all depends on how many Nazis we're talking about.
Also, in the above context, "its" should have an apostrophe and it should also begin with a capital "I".
"ie: It's the (one) nazi's gun, let them play."
"ie: It's the (several) nazis' gun, let them play."


japie said...
Nazi is a capital proper noun and should therefore be spelled with a capital N.

Fixed that for ya .

Now, tomorrow class ...

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