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Is there replacement for WordPad

by royeo Aug 18, 2007 2:48PM PDT

I have Windows XP Pro, SP.

A while back I asked if there was spellchecker addon for WordPad. I found out there wasn't. I was recommended a wordprocessor/editor. I tried it but I didn't keep using it. Now I want to use it but I don't have the program and can't remember its name. Can somebody please tell me what its name is or the name of another similar program?

Thanks,

royeo

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There's a few

by Jackson Douglas Aug 18, 2007 3:14PM PDT

AbiWord is probably one of the best in terms of lightweight word processors. There's also OpenOffice if you want a full on office suite.

Google also has a half-decent online word processor and spreadsheet program. Nothing overly fancy, but it should do the job as a WordPad replacement well enough, and there's nothing to install. Can't say for sure if it has a spellcheck, but since Gmail does, I would think their online word processor would.

If none of those are to your liking, then just check some download sites for rich text editors.

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Re: Replacement for WordPad

by royeo Aug 19, 2007 10:57AM PDT

Thanks. It seems like AbiWord is good.

royeo

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