Best Word Processor

[JesseBassett]

Hey all,
I am a writer as a hobby. I am wondering...what word processor or office program do you recommend? I personally use google docs myself.

 

[solid_core]

Libre Office Writer.

 

[Richard T]

I always used MS Word, then I got fed up with fees and starting using Apache Open Office. It is free and works good enough for me. May God bless all your writing.

 

[JesseBassett]

Is Google Docs a good program? Or should I try Libre Office Writer?

 

[solid_core]

Is Google Docs a good program? Or should I try Libre Office Writer?

If you want privacy and security then you should always prefer offline open source solutions that store your documents on your own hard disk.

If you travel a lot and you do not care about privacy and want your documents to be stored on some company's server, then google docs may be better for you.

 

[JesseBassett]

Is open office better than libre office? JW

 

[solid_core]

Is open office better than libre office? JW

First there was just Open Office. Then its development stopped and its fork was created - Libre Office.

Currently, Libre Office is much more updated, has bugs being fixed etc. Open Office was long time a dead project, but I am not sure how it is today. Libre Office is de facto the standard open source solution for office suite today, is much more supported etc.

 

[Sketcher]

Is open office better than libre office? JW

LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice, which happened after Oracle bought Sun, and then sold OpenOffice to the Apache Foundation. Ever since, the best-known Linux distributions have switched from including OpenOffice to LibreOffice instead. I'm not a power user for office apps, so any differences in features have not been major enough for me to notice. Both are free.

 

[Lost4words]

I tried various but always come across the same problem!

My paws are too big for the keyboard keys!

 

[paul1149]

I use google docs for sharing and collaboration. For every other feature, Libreoffice has it beat, plus you don't subject yourself to google in the process.

 

[JesseBassett]

the Word Processor I miss is Works. Thankfully I just found a digital copy of the program.

 

[HatGuy]

Hey all,
I am a writer as a hobby. I am wondering...what word processor or office program do you recommend? I personally use google docs myself.

Scrivener.

Hands down.

It is the absolute best.

Worth every penny .

 

[JesseBassett]

I needed a free WP. Thankfully someone I know had an old CD of Works and I was able to make it usable on Windows 10.

 

[charsan]

That is awesome, I love Retro stuff like that. I use Libreoffice, WPS Office (free), Google Docs, Office 365 (free through through my workplace), and I try out others like Zoho Office (online like Google Docs), StarOffice. Basically whatever is around at the time . On my old ibook I use an old version of Microsoft Office. I use Linux and I find WPS Office formats bet for the Discussion boards I have to do for work.

 

[HatGuy]

I needed a free WP.

Cool man, if you want to explore a bit, try out Manuskript - it's a free, open-source WP that's much like Scrivener- it has the basic functionality that I think makes Scrivener work so well (being able to move your scenes / ideas around easily).

Website: Manuskript

 

[Kylie]

I've used Google Docs, I found it pretty good.

 

[JesseBassett]

Kylie,
I have Linux and have found that ThunderDocs is a great program. It is a standalone Google Docs platform also available on Windows.

 

[Sophrosyne]

First there was just Open Office. Then its development stopped and its fork was created - Libre Office.

Currently, Libre Office is much more updated, has bugs being fixed etc. Open Office was long time a dead project, but I am not sure how it is today. Libre Office is de facto the standard open source solution for office suite today, is much more supported etc.

Apache Open Office is still being updated I'm currently using v4.1.6 myself there is a version dated 9/2019 that is 4.1.7 out. I use Google Docs on my phone I've looked for another office program but most cost too much or have ads and I don't use ad based apps on my phone if possible I don't mind spending a few dollars for a decent app but don't see paying a fortune when Google Docs is free.

 

[charsan]

Kylie,
I have Linux and have found that ThunderDocs is a great program. It is a standalone Google Docs platform also available on Windows.

Interesting, must try that my self. Thanks

 

[JesseBassett]

Charsan, if you use it you need to save the entire extracted folder on your desktop for it to work. But it will work