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Here are four brief reviews of freeware word processing programs…

SOPHISTICATED WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

Jarte 3.3: This free program installs and opens quickly. Features include spell check, image insertion, word counter, zoom, and more. Files can be saved in RTF, DOC, or TXT formats. It requires Windows 98 or later. Jarte appears to provide all the features necessary in a word processing application, despite being free. Download

AbiWord 2.6.4: While Jarte is like an improved Wordpad with more features, AbiWord appears more similar to older versions of Microsoft Word. It offers a word counter, tables, full screen mode, columns, and the ability to save files in several different formats. Download size is larger than the other programs listed here (just under six megabytes). It is available for several different operating systems. Download

BASIC FREE WORD PROCESSING PROGRAMS

Dark Room 0.8b: This is a good idea - simple, compact (46k compressed) word processing software that operates in full screen mode with a dark background. However, it only works in Windows XP/2000, and I was unable to run it in XP; there was an error about not having the correct version of the .NET Framework. Download

NE v3.00b: This free DOS software application (it won’t work in Windows XP without a DOS emulator like DOSBox) doesn’t have fonts or graphics, but it does allow multiple files to be opened in separate windows. It also has several fairly advanced features like spell check, word wrap, and DOS shell. Download

Each of these software programs have been tested for viruses with AVG Free.

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