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тАО08-24-2001 07:46 AM
тАО08-24-2001 07:46 AM
Thanks.
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тАО08-24-2001 08:12 AM
тАО08-24-2001 08:12 AM
SolutionYou might be able to find a copy of Word for Windows which ran on Win 3.1.
You can get a used 200 Mhz machine really cheap in the $200 range and can easily run Win 95 or Win 98 on it. This Win version may already be installed on it. Word 95 or 98 runs on this and can sometimes be found in used PC shops.
So, it is probably easier to upgrade the machine to something from the last 3 years than try to find Word for a 486.
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тАО08-24-2001 10:23 AM
тАО08-24-2001 10:23 AM
Re: Is there a Word product for older pc's?
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тАО08-24-2001 10:52 AM
тАО08-24-2001 10:52 AM
Re: Is there a Word product for older pc's?
AbiWord is an open-source, fully featured word processor.
It reads most major word processor formats ? Word 6.0/97/2000 (DOC), WordPerfect 6+ (WPD), Rich Text Format (RTF), Palm Document (PDB), Psion TextEd/Word, HTML, TXT, etc ? and writes to many of them.
AbiWord also features: auto/manual spell checker; multiple undo/redo; headers & footers; autotext; convert to HTML; text justification; body/heading styles; multiple columns; word count; and more, much more.
This is not a pretend word processor but a real contender in the cut-throat world of business word processing. While it supports its own native ABW format, it can also read documents from all of the popular word processors and can write to many formats (alas, not to Microsoft Word 6.0 or later, or to WordPerfect).
Considering that this is still a beta program (preview release) it is remarkably full featured and there are only a few functions still not working. Unfortunately, this includes a Helpfile or manual and AbiWord does suffer from this lack. However, it is extremely easy to use and anyone who has used any of the modern word processors should have no trouble adapting to it.
Unlike many other word processors, this one includes a full dictionary (though no thesaurus) which can check spelling as you write, it has a template facility, and full text justification. In fact, the features are so many you start to look for what isn't there! AbiWord is a professional-quality word processor and deserves a place beside all of the (expensive!) commercial offerings.
Here is the URL to download:
http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/text_programs_w95.html#abiword32
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тАО08-26-2001 10:51 AM
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Re: Is there a Word product for older pc's?
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тАО08-28-2001 07:53 AM
тАО08-28-2001 07:53 AM
Re: Is there a Word product for older pc's?
I have included a screen shot from an item on Ebay.
Good luck.