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There are many free alternatives to Microsoft Word that you can use without paying a single penny. This is a good news for those who think that there is no alternative to MS Word and thus, they have to depend on MS Word for all their documentation needs. In this round up, we are showcasing 11 free alternatives to the costly Microsoft Word application. All of these alternatives are easy to use and you can start using them very quickly as well as without any difficulty.

Some of these alternatives are online applications while some require you to download them on your system’s hard drive from where you can install them to your local computer.

Google Docs – Online Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations

Create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere. Manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, and more all in one.

Zoho

With Zoho, you focus on your business while we take care of the rest with apps that help you get more sales, get paid, support your customers and make your business more productive.

Adobe Buzzword

Adobe® Buzzword® is a proven and robust online word processor — perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. Everyone can access the latest version of a document, share feedback, and respond to one another’s comments from any computer.

ThinkFree

ThinkFree Online service provides a free web office suite with 1 GB of online storage. You can use a variety of devices to access and manage stored documents easily.

Open Office

Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

KOffice

KOffice is free Office suite software, meaning it’s open for anyone to improve and does not cost anything. It’s a open source software which is included eight packages in the suite such as spreadsheet, presentation software, image editing and others.

NeoOffice

NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications for Mac OS X. Created in 2003 when there was no Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org available, Patrick Luby and Ed Peterlin have devoted their decades of Mac software engineering experience to create an office suite that is adapted to the unique needs of Mac users.

SoftMaker Office Suite

SoftMaker Office is a complete and full-featured office that comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentation-graphics program.

Jarte

A free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word processing engine built into Windows. 2. A fast starting, easy to use word processor that expands well beyond the WordPad feature set.

Bean

Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor that is designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is lean, fast and uncluttered. It starts up quickly, has a live word count, and is easy on the eyes. Also, Bean is available free of charge.

AbiWord

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.