if you go to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX100487411033.aspx?pid=CL100571081033 ?
This is Microsoft's "Office Online" page where you can purchase Office online.
There I can see "Buy Office 2007 today", and a green "Buy now" button. Clicking that takes me to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101211561033.aspx and when I click the "Buy now" green button on that page, I am taken to yet another page where my option to buy is listed.
You cannot download Word without buying it, and I am not sure, but I doubt you can purchase Word without buying one of the Office products.
Mark
By the way, this is the Download.com forum, for CNET's Download.com matters. Your problem seems unrelated to Download.com.
I'm trying to download a word processing program, Word 2007, but when I click on the link from here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD100602001033.aspx And it takes me here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102094631033.aspx
WHERE IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK,IS It Microsoft Office 2010 block near right top with the green box that says"Get the BETA" in it?

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