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A Comparative Study of MS Word, OpenOffice Writer, and WordPad: Features and Usability

This article explores the key differences and functionalities of three popular word processors: MS Word, OpenOffice Writer, and WordPad. It delves into their common uses, file formats supported, and their implied strengths and weaknesses. MS Word is a premium choice, while OpenOffice Writer offers a free alternative with robust capabilities. WordPad, integrated into Windows, serves basic word processing needs. This comparison discusses various documentation tasks and emphasizes how each tool can cater to different user requirements, making it easier to choose the right software for your needs.

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A Comparative Study of MS Word, OpenOffice Writer, and WordPad: Features and Usability

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  1. Common Word ProcessorsA comparison MS Word Open Office Writer Wordpad Dean Steichen May, 2013

  2. 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

  3. Common Uses • Notes to friends and acquaintances • More formal letters • Documents with images like Holiday Letters • Posters • Reports with tables • Others

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. A Simple Note - Word

  7. A Simple Note - Writer

  8. A Simple Note - Wordpad

  9. A Letter - Word

  10. A Letter - Writer

  11. A Letter – Libre Writer

  12. A Letter - Wordpad

  13. Documents with Images - Word

  14. Documents with Images - Writer

  15. Documents with Images - Wordpad

  16. Posters - Word

  17. Posters - Writer

  18. Posters – Wordpad

  19. Reports - Word

  20. Reports - Writer

  21. Reports - Wordpad

  22. 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

  23. MS Office Suite = Open Office Suite • MS Office = Open Office • Word = Writer • Excel = Calc • PowerPoint = Impress • Access = Base

  24. Questions

  25. Demos? • MS Word • OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writer • Wordpad

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