Best MS Office Compatible freeware?

Bes · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:07

Hi,

My wife has a netbook and needs a word processing app that can open and write Office 2010 files flawlessly. She wants something that is free- what are the best things to go with these days? (Bearing in mind it is a netbook)

Thanks

Spudgun · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:12

open office?

Bes · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:14

Spudgun said:
open office?

Yes I thought that might be the case- just wanted to see what else people thought (if anything) was worth trying

Blue160 · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:15

I used open office on a netbook for ages with no compatability issues.

I'm told Libre office is good, but I've never used it myself.

Philtor · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:21

Was going to suggest Libre Office myself. Supposed to be very good.

Burnsy2023 · 6 Feb 2012 at 23:21

Spudgun said:
open office?

Discontinued after Oracle crapped all over it. Libre office is where it's at.

opethdisciple · 7 Feb 2012 at 00:28

100% Libre office.

spenncerr · 7 Feb 2012 at 00:30

Open Office is still being regularly updated by Apache so there is no need for the "discontinued" comment.

I still prefer Open Office over Libre Office.

Burnsy2023 · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:17

spenncerr said:
Open Office is still being regularly updated by Apache so there is no need for the "discontinued" comment.

I still prefer Open Office over Libre Office.

Open Office is essentially a dying product as most of the decent developers have moved to Libra Office. It may not be dead yet, but I'll most certainly be the runt of the litter.

Vimes · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:51

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsoft-office-freeware.html

Azuse05 · 7 Feb 2012 at 12:04

Burnsy2023 said:
Open Office is essentially a dying product as most of the decent developers have moved to Libra Office. It may not be dead yet, but I'll most certainly be the runt of the litter.

He speaks the truth

Google the story if you're interested, or just compare the number of recent updates...

Stoner81 · 7 Feb 2012 at 14:55

Libre Office is the one to go with, virtually all of the development team etc left Oracle due to disagreements over all kinds of things, here is a link to click.

Stoner81.