List of Free Alternatives to Word

Row #	Title	Image	Description
1	OpenOffice Writer		OpenOffice Writer is highly functional Word Processing program, and is part of the OpenOffice suite (which also includes a spreadsheets program like Excel, a presentations program like PowerPoint, a database program like Access, and more). Word documents (.doc and .docx files) can be opened and saved. OpenOffice Writer has many features including templates, styles and formatting options, auto-complete, autocorrect dictionary etc.
2	LibreOffice Writer		LibreOffice Writer is part of the LibreOffice suite (which also includes a spreadsheets program like Excel, a presentations program like PowerPoint, a database program like Access, and more). LibreOffice is based on OpenOffice.
3	Lotus Symphony Documents		Lotus Symphony Documents is part of IBM's Lotus Symphony packages (which also includes Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations). Features: - Predefined document templates - Predefined styles for paragraphs, characters, and headings - Contextual toolbars and editing menus - Inline spell checking and correction - Insert tables, charts, diagrams, and drawn items - Automatic creation of a table of contents, footnotes, indexes and footers and headers - Support for a variety of file types, including those of Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite - Export documents to Adobe PDF for easy sharing
4	AbiWord		AbiWord is a free word processing program available for Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD and Solaris.
5	Jarte		Jarte is a free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word processing engine in Windows. Jarte's features include: - Opens RTF, doc and docx files. - Hot Connect lets you use Jarte with other programs - Spell checker with custom user dictionary - Support for templates - Export to HTML or PDF - Single click book-marking and bookmark navigation - Send documents via email - Drag and drop file support - Adjustable document zoom - Detailed Help documentation
6	NeoOffice		NeoOffice is an office suite for the Macintosh, which includes word processor, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics programs.
7	SSuite Office - WordGraph		WordGraph is a professional word processor and presentation creator. Features include: - Allows embedded illustrations, tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies. - Include graphics, tables, charts, and insert spreadsheets created with Accel (similar to Excel) - Allows control over the formatting of text, pages, sections of documents, and also entire documents. - Documents can be saved in a variety of industry standard formats including rtf, doc, txt, rtc, and SSuite Office's presentation format ssp. Documents can also be exported as pdf, jpg, bmp, png, gif, emf, tiff, and ssp files. - Features and functions to assist in writing serial letters and printing envelopes - Spell-checker for several different languages (seven dictionaries included - English (UK and US), Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish). - Thumbnail views and tabbed document interfaces - Multi-display compatible (dual monitors) - Create WordArt and mathematics equations / expressions - Create presentations viewable in any web browser - Includes EZPhoto album viewer
8	SSuite Office - Writer's D'Lite		A simple writer's tool. Features include: - Full statistics visible on the status bar - Export to pdf format.
9	SSuite Office - QT Writer Express		An ultra-modern compact word processor. Features: - Allows embedded illustrations, tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies. - Allows control over the formatting of text, pages, sections of documents, and also entire documents. - Documents can be saved in a variety of industry standard formats like pdf, rtf, doc, txt, and SSuite Office's own presentation format ssp. - Insert special characters and emoticons - Create pdfs without any additional software. - Letter mail merge - Create presentations - Create mathematical equations / expressions
10	FreeOffice TextMaker		FreeOffice TextMaker is a word processing program by SoftMaker. Features include: - Opens and saves OpenDocument/OpenOffice, RTF, HTML, Pocket Word, txt, and doc files (even doc files with password protection) - Opens docx files (the document format used by Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010). - Wizard for importing/exporting plain text files - Create PDF files (including PDF forms) - Insert auto-updating fields (such as date, time, page number, author, auto-numbers etc) - SmartText auto-formatting - Calculations in text and tables - A wide variety of formatting and display options - Track changes, comments, hidden text, and protected text features - Graphics and drawing functions - Spell-checking in 58 languages (and has the red-underlining of spelling errors)
11	Bean		Bean is a word processor for OS X. Features include: - Live word count - Make template documents - Free-form headers and footers - Colour option (e.g. white text on blue) - Split-window editing - Full screen editing - Date-stamped backups - Selection of text by text style, paragraph style, colour etc - Find panel allows regular expressions (pattern matching) - Dictionary and word completion - Can read and write rtf, rtfd, bean (identical to rtfd), plain text, and webarchive (Apple's web archive format) files. - Can import and export doc, docx, and odt files (with limitations) - Can export html and pdf files
12	Kingsoft Writer Free		Kingsoft Writer Free is a basic free version of Kingsoft Writer. Features include: - Supports all the Word file formats including docx - Includes a built-in Word to PDF converter, automatic spell-check, and web layout - Allows password protection (read-only passwords or read-write passwords). - Equation editor and symbols - Various document viewing methods including document map, gridlines, ruler, markup, and more - Illustrations and word-art
13	Calligra Words		Calligra Words is a word processing program which is part of the Calligra Suite. Images and charts can be added simply by dragging them into the document. Open and save ODF, and open MS Word .doc and .docx files.
14	Atlantis Nova		Atlantis Nova is the free version of Atlantis Word Processor.
15	PolyEdit Lite		PolyEdit Lite is the free version of the PolyEdit word processor.

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