Microsoft Word - Alternative

Woolverhampton_Blue · May 12, 2021

evilwebby said:
A CV doesn't need to have anything fancy that requires .docx.
I would use RTF format which just about any half decent WP will support

What is RTF format? It’s .docx because Word decided it would be.

macdog · May 12, 2021

chrismpw said:
Another shout for Libre Office.

Back in the day - Wordprrfect - now THAT was a word processor. It was the technically superior beta max of word processors, but the behemoth of Microsoft gave everyone VHS Word which has only got worse and worse with every iteration.

The ones on the old Acorn computers are still better than Word, decades later.

Shevin Keedy · May 12, 2021

Nymzee said:
As @RaleighBlue says you can download the file.

It's just a great tool because it lives online so you can access it anywhere on a PC, tablet, phone etc. with Internet connect. Saves it being stuck on a laptop that might crash if you don't backup etc.

Can make docs available offline too I think.

Daz1878 · May 12, 2021

Word Starter 2010 was the free, ad-supported version of Word that contained a lot, but not all, of the features of the full version. It'll definitely do what you need it to do in this case, and it basically looks, works and feels the same as the full version. I always thought it was very good for something they gave away (the same suite also included an Excel-lite that was still more than enough for what I needed). It's no longer supported by/available from Microsoft, but a quick Google search should result in quite a few sites that archived it... it's definitely still out there as I installed it on a laptop for someone just a couple of months back.

navidson · May 12, 2021

OpenOffice is the best free alternative IMO

Philw · May 12, 2021

MrPerfectNot said:
Way back when, that was the tool - along with Lotus 123 instead of Excel....

Of course, we also used to use floppy disks......

[Insert impotence joke here]

fandjango · May 12, 2021

Woolverhampton_Blue said:
What is RTF format? It’s .docx because Word decided it would be.

It’s a simple text format and if you’re submitting a CV no matter what people here suggest it really is not a good idea to use it
HR will expect .docx believe me

evilwebby · May 12, 2021

fandjango said:
It’s a simple text format and if you’re submitting a CV no matter what people here suggest it really is not a good idea to use it
HR will expect .docx believe me

If you have Word then by all means use doc format, but it's not the most friendly format for non-native MS products and there are often small formatting problems when other programs covert to doc format.

I suggest using in RTF or whatever native format of the programme you are using, and then converting a copy to doc when sending it out.

fandjango · May 12, 2021

evilwebby said:
If you have Word then by all means use doc format, but it's not the most friendly format for non-native MS products and there are often small formatting problems when other programs covert to doc format.

I suggest using in RTF or whatever native format of the programme you are using, and then converting a copy to doc when sending it out.

The original poster has a document in docx to deal with which implies the organisation he is sending his document to us using MS office which to be really honest speaking as a corporate trainer teaching business writing amongst other things is what you would expect
Anybody sending an RTF no matter what you believe is going to raise an eyebrow