common word processors a comparison
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Common Word Processors A comparison. MS Word Open Office Writer Wordpad. Dean Steichen May, 2013. Word Processors Compared. MS Word – usually part of MS Office Suite $$$ Open Office Writer – part of Open Office Suite - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Common Word ProcessorsA comparison
MS WordOpen Office Writer
Wordpad
Dean SteichenMay, 2013
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Word Processors Compared
• MS Word – usually part of MS Office Suite $$$• Open Office Writer – part of Open Office Suite– Free Versions OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, Apache
OpenOffice and others• Wordpad – Part of Windows since Win 95 or
even earlier and has been improved in Win7
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Common Uses
• Notes to friends and acquaintances• More formal letters• Documents with images like Holiday Letters• Posters• Reports with tables• Others
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File Formats Supported
• MS Word 2007, 2010, ….– DOCX (default), DOC (Word ‘97-2003 versions)– RTF, PDF, ODT, XMS, TXT, XML, others
• OO – Writer (Apache Open Office Version)– ODF (default), DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, XML, others
• Wordpad (Win 7 version)– RTF (default), ODT, TXT, XML
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Implications?
• Open Office Writer is a free alternative to MS Word for most users.
• Open Office Writer can create pdf versions of documents like Word 2007 and newer can.
• Open Office Writer is a more powerful and flexible alternative to Wordpad.
• Wordpad is less complex and can do most things users want to do.
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A Simple Note - Word
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A Simple Note - Writer
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A Simple Note - Wordpad
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A Letter - Word
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A Letter - Writer
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A Letter – Libre Writer
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A Letter - Wordpad
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Documents with Images - Word
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Documents with Images - Writer
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Documents with Images - Wordpad
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Posters - Word
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Posters - Writer
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Posters – Wordpad
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Reports - Word
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Reports - Writer
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Reports - Wordpad
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Open Office is not just Word Processing
• Open Office provides the ability to:– Read and Write MS Word documents– Read and Write Excel Spreadsheets– Read and Write PowerPoint presentations
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MS Office Suite = Open Office Suite
• MS Office = Open Office• Word = Writer• Excel = Calc• PowerPoint = Impress• Access = Base
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Questions
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Demos?
• MS Word• OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writer• Wordpad