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ThunderCon Author

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Best free Word Processor that's compatible with Microsoft Word?

hey guys, i'm looking at moving over to the Mac in a couple days and i just need to know the best free Word Processor that can open .doc files. 99% of my docs made in Word are of the 97-2003 variety and not 2007's .docx.

appreciate any help.

thanks

Posted on Mar 19, 2012 6:27 AM

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Limnos

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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 6:28 AM

Libreoffice http://www.libreoffice.org/

seems to be getting a lot of recommendations these days

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Tony T1

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Apr 1, 2012 2:26 PM in response to ThunderCon

Just D/L Neo Office (and maybe OpenOffice) and give it a try, it's free.

Apr 1, 2012 3:10 PM in response to Tony T1

Thanks man I thought NeoOffice where dead.. do to LibreOffice

ThunderCon Author

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Apr 3, 2012 12:11 PM in response to Tony T1

i'm going to try out neo office first as it has the same menus as OS X. it's a legitimate company too, right?

Best free Word Processor that's compatible with Microsoft Word?