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« on: November 03, 2011, 07:32:38 PM »
I had Microsoft works but its playing up a bit - I know Neon talked about one he had discovered which was very similar to word - I can't remember the name of it.  Can someone help me out here please - I need to get a word processor that will work.   thanks
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 08:05:17 PM »
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 12:22:45 AM »
I have used it on a few computers I have loaded for people and it is a great program ... not as bulky as Office either ... really good find that one ... thanks Neon.
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 06:26:01 PM »
thanks guys for your quick replies as usual.  I actually found Abiword - which as I'm sure you know is a small word processing package which suits my needs so I downloaded that.   Many thanks anyway - I know I can always find help from this site
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 07:24:07 PM »
You can also try Open Office, which is similar to Word and has programs similar to Excel and other MS Office software
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 07:08:48 PM »
i thought about that but its a big download.  I only want the word processing.   I downloaded abiword then I uninstalled it cos people couldn't open an attachment I sent so I'm back to square one now.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2012, 04:04:56 AM »
Assuming the people you're sending documents to have Word, then you WILL need Open Office or Star Office, which produce Word-compatible documents. As you have discovered, Abiword doesn't.

OK. Add Kingsoft to the above list of Office-compatible suites.
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 04:06:27 AM »
Quote from: neonwizard on November 03, 2011, 08:05:17 PM
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/

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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 12:22:37 PM »
Good link to ther free version of download here  http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsoft-office-freeware.html

It is a great program and only small ... 
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2012, 05:50:04 PM »
thanks Jimbob - I'll have a look
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