See These Free Microsoft Office Alternatives - Comments Page 2

For Jim and anyone else: in case it wasn't clear, OpenOffice and LibreOffice (at least - I don't know about the others) can not only open, but also *save* files in MS formats.

I have been using Open Office for many years before the "split.". I have Libre Office, but I usually forget to use it. I rarely do anything more than word processing anyway except for tax season when I use the spreadsheet.

I appreciate hearing from those who've been using something else like Libre Office (which I'd never heard of before). I've been hanging onto my Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 until the last possible minute--not out of love, but from a desire not to have to learn anything new. Jim pointed out that publishers and others may demand documents in Office. What does one do then?

Jillian: One saves them in Office format.

Regarding a previous post: I used MultiMate & Word Perfect for years, as well as MS Word. I loved Word Perfect, it was miles better than Multimate & MS Word, However, it was too slow to have a graphics-based interface & Microsoft just couldn't be stopped. I still use MS Word 2013, as it does everything I want it to but will definitely lok as the alternatives mentioned in the article.

Short changing WordPerfect again? To counter your price slam - WP is available for much less from many sources. Ebay usually has the best prices, sometimes as low as $25 for the legit suite. Earlier version may be cheaper and still highly functional. I use it EVERY day and have since the 90s.
If you want, it will even change its menus to look like and work like Word, even disabling some of its features as needed. Even if you don't know Word, get WP. It has a best of breed grammar checker built in.
Beyond that, it has writer tools built in including dynamic outlining, TOC, footnotes, chapters, all the Word tools and a very helpful PROMPT box that suggests alternate words or phrases. Since it's compatible with Word and every wp I know of (it reads and writes > 60 formats even back to Wordstar) you don't need anything else. It's also fast and low cost.

Best prices are for student versions (depending on which you get, that can be equal to the Pro version). It has supported PDF in/output since at least ver12. If you want epub output (not necessary if using d2d, https://www.draft2digital.com/r/qg4nzR for free conversion and extra support-FREE), get ver x6 or newer. The latest is x9.
For best prices, get an older version (x4 at least) thru Ebay - not Amazon. You'll get the suite with spreadsheet and presentations at least. Some version come with Paradox DB and student tools as well as 1000s of clipart and photos. Tutorials on use and projects (book writing) are on YouTube and the Corel site.