microsoft word subsitute?

[stpalm]

I hate working around the stupid "features" MS Word puts in your work- namely formatting issues involving bullets, and the fact that the damn program freezes with a C++ runtime error every time I try to save something. Is there a good, freeware word processor, with lots of fonts, sans bugs and annoyances?

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Open Office...it's feature rich and FREE!

Download it today.

www.openoffice.org

[democracyindanger]

2. Can't you change preferences

for things like automatic bulleting?

Sorry, no alternative to suggest. I've used Word for 10+ years and never had a crash issue. Maybe it's a hard drive problem? Have you tried re-installing?

[no name no slogan]

3. OpenOffice ROCKS

We have Word at work, but I barely touch the thing. WordPad or NotePad do all I need as far as wordprocessing goes (I'm a webmaster, so I don't do a lot of print-oriented documentation).

Definately check out OpenOffice-- not only is it as good as MS Office, it's also 99.9% MS Office-compatable, too. The only thing OpenOffice doesn't have is a relational database, but you can get a free one of those from www.mysql.com (which is better than MS Access, too, IMHO).

Good luck!

[Renew Deal]

4. Those problems may be a result of bigger issues on your machine.

What's causing that? I don't remember ever getting a C++ runtime error in Office. It's usually stable.

[stpalm]

5. Thanks, and about my system:

No, my system is a very well-maintained 2.8 ghz P4, 512 RDRAM, Radeon 9700 custom rig... do defrags on it every week, along with spybot and adaware. I just hate Word, and to a lesser extent, Microsoft.

I have tried changing options but the descrpitions provided make it impossible for me to figure out what I am changing.

I will try Open Office... thanks!