Try this...it's free and very good.
   
  http://www.openoffice.org/

"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Folks,
I bought my wife an Acer laptop, but it came without the Microsoft "Works" package with which I'm pretty familiar. I need a word processor in the worst way.
Is "works", or Microsoft Word" a freebie, or do I have to buy a copy? Can do, but if not necessary, it'd be better than "nice". I've got horrendous medical expenses from my dear wife's (of 59 years) terminal illness yesterday and the hospitals and Drs. could use the money saved.
I'm not looking for sympathy here - just a bargain. [I can't help but unload my grief (somewhere) as it just happened yesterday and I'm in absolute shock. Getting busy is what I'm told is the best medicine.]
Many thanks - from Lewis E.

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