Alexander. Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Office 365 Home is £79.99 for a whole year! Are there any free alternative word processing programs? I'm in search of a second job and need it to write my CV, cover letter and apply for job applications. Thank you in advance! Seems quite a lot to pay on a yearly basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Why don't you just buy a Microsoft Office 2016 key for $35 US and install Microsoft Office 2016 from the Microsoft website and BAM! there you go. You also can use Microsoft features online for free but who has time for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) I use OpenOffice. If all you need is a decent word processor it's more than suitable. It's also free. Edited January 31, 2019 by Alyxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Alyxx said: I use OpenOffice. If all you need is a decent word processor it's more than suitable. It's also free. I was going to mention OpenOffice but I thought I'd give him the cheaper Microsoft alternatives first. Alyxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 11:36 PM, killamch89 said: I was going to mention OpenOffice but I thought I'd give him the cheaper Microsoft alternatives first. Why would you mention cheaper alternatives when one is free? XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alyxx said: Why would you mention cheaper alternatives when one is free? XD I mean, Microsoft is the most reputable brand out of the lot and some people value that a lot so I gave him cheaper Microsoft alternatives...😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, killamch89 said: I mean, Microsoft is the most reputable brand out of the lot and some people value that a lot so I gave him cheaper Microsoft alternatives...😂 Yeah but... OpenOffice is better and free so why would you... XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Alyxx said: Yeah but... OpenOffice is better and free so why would you... XD Corporate brainwashing?...🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra92 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 OpenOffice isn't a bad choice. I use Google Docs/Sheets a lot as well, just because I use a lot of different computers and having it all synced online is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 If you have made use of the Google Docs and Spreadsheet it can be good alternative for the Microsoft Office suite. You can see that there are many other such online cloud apps that can be used. Some of the times this type of the free or the web only packages can be good option. But I make sure that they are proper replacement for the microsoft office. So far I think only google suite has managed to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Oh, for Office? Well, I usually go for google docs if I want to work with groups. Well, another thing I use is Libre and Open office. not to mention, XPS is pretty good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 17 hours ago, Cleopatra92 said: OpenOffice isn't a bad choice. I use Google Docs/Sheets a lot as well, just because I use a lot of different computers and having it all synced online is nice. I do use google docs as well and I love the fact it is synced across multiple platforms enabling you to operate efficiently no matter what platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Zoho is another good product which you can use for office related documents. Like say spreadsheet, document, CRM etc all are in there. But they are not free anymore. And they have now started charging some nominal charges fro the package. So it's not that bad. You get a lot of things in the process so I think WPS office, Zoho, Google Suite are good options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 19 hours ago, skyfire said: Zoho is another good product which you can use for office related documents. Like say spreadsheet, document, CRM etc all are in there. But they are not free anymore. And they have now started charging some nominal charges fro the package. So it's not that bad. You get a lot of things in the process so I think WPS office, Zoho, Google Suite are good options. It's weird that I haven't heard of Zoho before considering how long it has been around but from the reviews I've seen, it is an amazing piece of software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
