Microsoft Word is arguably still the top player for word processing. Getting access to use it for FREE is possible.

Screenshot: Microsoft Web versions Anyone with a web browser and a free Microsoft account—student, teacher, or otherwise—can get at the online versions of Word and Excel without paying anything.

How to use Microsoft Word for free on the web Microsoft offers completely free versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all of which you access online at its Microsoft 365 hub.

If you don't want to pay for the word processor, and Google Docs won’t work for what you need, you have options.

The word processor, called “Writer,” can handle documents from Microsoft Word, and the rest of the LibreOffice suite can upload and modify files from their corresponding Office programs.

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Microsoft Office isn’t free but there are free alternatives, including one from Microsoft Free versions of tools similar to Microsoft’s Word come from Google, nonprofits.

Patrick Marshall answers readers' tech questions. This week's topics cover Word, Defender and security, and emails disappearing from a phone.

Microsoft Word. We’ve all used it and many of us rely on it. But many people even aren’t using all the bells and whistles that come with Word and the larger Microsoft 365 package.

Don't want to pay for an expensive Microsoft Office subscription? This ebook looks at 10 free options that can stand in for Word and Excel. From the ...