Writing
We all do it - use a word processor - and it is probably Microsoft Word. There is every chance that some ‘flavour’ of this ubiquitous program came free with your PC, but this is becoming less common as manufacturers cut their equipment prices by trimming down on the extras.
You may well end up having to BUY a copy of Word and this will probably set you back quite a bit if you buy the full, commercial, version. But there are free alternatives which work just fine. Take a look.

OpenOffice - provides almost everything you might need in a set of productivity programmes which are completely free of charge!
Is there anything Google don’t do? They offer a great deal of functional services for free and their Documents service might be just what you are looking for.
So, Microsoft are playing ‘catchup’ and have started to develop a suite of online applications which work a little like Google Docs.


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