Poll: Which word processor do you use?

[Altorin]

I use Notepad when I just need to write something out.. usually I used it as a note pad, lol

I use Word when I need something a little more substantial, or if I need a spell check, or need to do fancy editing.

Basically, if I plan to show it to other people, I use Word, and if it's just for me, I use Notepad.

 

[perfectimo]

notepad, i use it for batch files and writing c++ before compiling. if i needs to do some stuff for uni i use word because unfortunatly they don't think notepad is acceptable for handing in work.

 

[PersianLlama]

OpenOffice when I'm writing fiction, Notepad for everything else. Had to go with my sister to PC World (She's far too stubborn to see sense) to buy her a laptop for university. She chose one of the cheapest ones (Again, she's far too stubborn to see sense. It's a course where she'd have to run Hammer, and she wanted 1GB of RAM... and Vista) and the guy tried to sell us all the additional shit that came with it.

Norton for a year? Fuck off. AVG, Avast, Spybot, ClamWin... Yeah. The staff woman's oh-so-convenient story of "I had a virus that AVG couldn't get rid of, but Norton was the only thing that could" didn't fool me in the slightest, either.

Some form of Microsoft Office? Please, you must take me for a fool. And no, I don't want to tell you why I don't need it. I don't have to tell you. I certainly don't want you to reply as if you instantly "know" I downloaded Office illegally. Why the hell would I need to? Pfft. The guy trying to sell Office to use obviously didn't have a clue what he was talking about, given that he mentioned OO not opening .doc files.

Idiots.

You describe what I go through every time I help a family member with anything related to computers.

 

[T3chn0s1s]

Yeah I uh... Get a free copy of the latest office for going to the university here, and even if I didn't take classes here, I'd get one for working in IT.

 

[internutt]

MS Word 2007.

The real question here really should be whether or not people own a real legal copy of word. Programs like this are so easily pirated these days. xD

I hope that people are not downloading the software illegally. Its better to get Open Office than an illegal MS Word. Much less hassle.

MS Word 2007 took a while to get used to with the new layout, but all in all it is a sound product. Still, Office for me, since that allows you to work with so many .txt formats.

 

[Gerafin]

Open Office all the way for me... I'm an open-source fanatic. Yes, one of those people

I can boot Linux off of my USB drive which is integrated with my watch, so on school computers I can stick my watch in the computer and run Linux/Open Office without having to install anything. Plus, then all of the restrictions the administration put on the computers no longer apply to me, since they haven't figured out how to put a password on the BIOS (once they do, I'm out of business)

Hooray for uber-geekery.