More than you ever wanted to know about word processors…
All modern flavors of Windows ship with Notepad and Wordpad. For some, who prefer to keep things simple, these are all the writing or word processing applications that are necessary or needed. Others will need more features and horsepower in a word processing application.
We like OpenOffice Writer as a free alternative to Microsoft Word. The only problem with Writer is that you must install the entire OpenOffice suite to get it. Another popular free standalone alternative is Abiword.
The DonationCoder website recently posted a comprehensive review of modern word processing applications. It was written by Zaine Ridling, who runs The Great Software List. The ending summary is linked here for those who wish to “cut to the chase”.
The Web Worker Daily blog has also recently posted an article listing 10 free minimalist word processors for greater productivity. In their words, “if you don’t need a million features and don’t want to shell out 400 clams to write something, give one of these great alternatives a spin”.
We couldn’t have said it any better ourselves…