Most lasting word processor?

Which word processor is not (or least) affected by newer and newer Windows versions? I have used Word Perfect 8 for 2 decades but before long will not be able to access my old files after upgrading to Windows 10.

I really hate MS Word.

How is LibreOffice? Does it keep upgrading? Is it affected by Windows changing versions?

Thanks.

 

MS Word is a striped down version of Word for all it's faults it did do what it was suppose to do. Upgrading to Windows 10 doesn't upgrade MS Word-they are not the same and don't qualify for what it is worth. For LibreOffice problems in Win10 just ask the software writers and they could tell you alot faster.

 

May I ask why do you hate MS Word?

 

OK, I looked around and I couldn't see any mention of Word Perfect incompatability with Win10 - I'm not really seeing why you wouldn't be able to access your old files either... Where did you hear/read about the inability to access old files?

I had Libre Office on a Win 8.1 install and I subsequently upgraded to Win10 - absolutely nothing changed. As for automatic updates - I've never seen this happen and I don't think Libre Office can actually auto-update at all. Open Office has the option to automatically update itself but it shouldn't be enabled by default and requires a few clicks to turn it off, if it is enabled for whatever reason.

Libre Office and Open Office are both good and it's great that there are alternatives to MS Word but IMHO, they are just not as good as MS Office.

 

MS Office suite is the standards everyone wants to own but MS owns it already so it has become a standard language that everyone uses. For all it's faults it is what everyone wants but must pay a premium to have it though but then again that has its rewards when using MS Office suite. I got MS Office suite 2013, 2016 so I am happy. Also I used office when if first was separate parts before it become one. I used Office from Office XP and MS Word when it first got going. So that is how old and entrenched it is but that is why it has staying power it was the first Word Processor that everyone could recognize and use.

 

Sorry for coming back late.

I hate MS Word Because of the annoying erratic (mis)formatting and too many annoying unwanted "over care" features. WP is much neater.

An online Corel rep informed me that not only they don't support WP8 any more, but also only files in versions after WP11 could be accessed with new versions.

I had thought LibreOffice and OpenOffice were the same thing.

By the way, I see LibreOffice also has spreadsheet feature, anyone has experience with it? How is it?

 

If you hate MS Word for that reason you'll hate Open/LibreOffice as well. Your options are very limited.

If document editing is the only task relevant I would just use an Android/iOS tablet in this situation.

 

Depending on your use-case, you might find that LaTeX (or any other TeX distribution) is very powerful. However, for all its faults, for simple, down-to-earth word processing, I think Word 2010 or 2013 is the best. 2016 doesn't appear to be worth it.

 

OP is definitely not looking for a powerful typesetting workflow.

For simple tasks, web (Google Docs, Zoho Writer, MS Office Online editor) solutions and mobile apps could be better than typical desktop suites at least for OP (given his/her hate for feature creeping).

 

And one thinks the other word processor doesn't do that..this is a myth. Hate MS Office for what it is but that is standard everyone goes by. You don't have to like it but then again it's what made it possible for you to type your term paper and write formula and math equations on word as you write them.

But the upside you have to buy their WP11 to use it. But Word can open older version without having buy a new Office. So 2016 can open 2013 and down files something far better then WP can do.

Why have separate software to do what MS has in Office Suite already. This never seems to amaze me some rather have bits and parts everywhere instead of one that is built together and can migrate data from word to excel and excel to word.

 

Try WP8 in Windows 10, just to make sure. I honestly can't see why a different version of Windows would make any difference in regards to an app being able to open files. I also can't see any posts on Google in regards to this - this suggests that the rep was either misunderstood, ignorant or outright sneaky in this instance. It's possible that WP8 won't be able to open newer file formats used by later versions of WP - but this doesn't seem to be what you asked in your first post.

Libre Office is a 'fork' of Open Office. They have similarities but they differ practically and philosophically. A quick web search will give you more info if you wish. For your purposes, either would probably work well enough.

I'll grant your criticism of MS Word - the formatting can go spectacularly wrong sometimes. With this said, I've had similar problems with the other word processors that I've used and at least MS Office is compatible with most file formats. It's also easy enough to turn off all of the nannying.

 

If ones doesn't care about compatibility at all, are there any decent alternatives for MS/Libre/Open, preferably with tabs?