Craft Chat Recommendations needed

[Jake E]

Hi all,

I'm looking for recommendations for a word processor program to replace MS Word. The spell check is frankly terrible, and it misses some really obvious things.

All suggestions welcome

J

 

[Bloo]

Please take this with a Dead Sea's worth of salt, as I've just imbibed an entire bottle of wine.

I like Scrivener, but it's not for everyone. The learning curve is a bit steep. You don't need to take my word for it. Follow the link and get your thirty-day trial here...

Scrivener

It runs on Winblows (EtA: also Mac and iOS). It won't run under Linux - I tried. Even with WINE it was no joy. Anyhoo...you get 30 days to try it out. And these are actual days. So is you use Scrivener two days out of a week, you'll get hit with only two days (not seven). It can save to MS Word, PDF, and e-Pub formats. If you decide to buy, it's USD60.00.

A second go-to is Libre Office. I run this under Linux. I don't know how well it works on Windows. It's great for critiquing chapters and beta-reads because comments just work. The UI is a lot like MS Office 97. If you like that environment, you'll love Libre. It's free and open-source - but you can donate to the cause if you want. here's a linkey...

Libre

The last I've used is Reedsy. It's a great, no-nonsense minimalist writer with few distractions. However, you absolutely need an online connection. It's web-based, so you can't do anything offline. Another link...

Reedsy

I hope this helps.

 

[Jake E]

I'll check them out. Thanks.

 

[BrianY]

I too am a big Libre Office fan. It runs well on both Linux and Windows and I have no problem moving documents between the two.

 

[Bloo]

Forgot to mention that Scrivener also runs on Mac and iOS. I've never tried it on those platforms, though.

 

[Sarit]

I use Pages on Mac. But when I had a pc (for many years) I used Open Office. I like minimalist software with no bells and whistles.