Forget Word: 13 Online Word Processors

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Sean P. Aune
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Forget Word: 13 Online Word Processors
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We've already told you to start doing your spreadsheets online, and now it's time to let you know how to get your documents done the same way. We've lined up a mixture of 13 paid and free word processing alternatives for you to give a try, and hopefully find one that meets your needs.

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AjaxWrite - AjaxWrite is designed to look somewhat like Word so you have a familiar interface, and it can also read and write to Microsoft formatted documents. It does have a drawback in that it only works in Firefox browsers above version 1.5, but they make up for it by being completely free.

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Buzzword - Powered by Adobe AIR, this word processor is extremely slick in its interface, and highly responsive to your clicks.

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FlySuite.com - Allows you to work both online and off, and offers you 1 GB of online storage for your files.

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Google Documents - It would be impossible to do any list of online word processors without mentioning Google Docs. Easy to use, easy to collaborate, it's just plain easy.

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iNetWord.com - A full featured word processor that is also capable of editing web documents and doing one-click publishing.

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J2E.com - Just 2 Easy is a word processor that's free to individual students that assigns each document it's own unique URL so that it can be given out to teachers and friends to view.

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Nevercode Docs - Not just an online word processor, Nevercode can also be download and then store your files on their servers, making them accessible from anywhere.

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Peepel.com - Peepel will allow you to import and export documents with Word and Open Office, collaborate with others on a document, and even work offline, and then resynch when you can get Internet connectivity again.

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Solodox.com - Allows simultaneous editing of documents, access from anywhere, and offers support of English, Japanese and Chinese.

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ThinkFree.com - Besides doing all the usual bells and whistles of opening and working on Word documents, and being able to collaborate with others, you also get 1 GB of free storage.

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Writeboard - From 37 Signals, the Writeboard word processor focuses heavily on collaborative efforts and also features versioning so you can roll back as far as you want on any document.

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