Word Application

[SoaringButterfly]

I am looking to add a word processing app to my MacBook Pro OS 10.10.5. Any recommendations other than MSWord? I wish to purchase an app and not have to pay a lease-type every year. I'm retired and MS is too expensive. I also need the app to work with 10.10.5.

Thanks.

 

[tosbsas]

use pages - comes with the Mac

 

[SnacksGU]

Open Office
Office Libre

 

[chscag]

I'm not sure the latest version of Pages will work with Yosemite (10.10.5), however, Open Office and Libre Office as recommended above will work.

 

[AlliFlowers]

There's always Google docs. Google offers a suite of tools comparable to MS, and it's totally free.

 

[Morgenland]

I've been thinking long and hard about it, too.
I work with Pages (free of charge and MS importable and exportable).
My privacy is too valuable for Google use. (I have one)

I hate any rental software, so I also purchased the M$ Standalone 2016.
Office 2016 starts much slower than Office 2011. 2011 was unfortunately not updated to 64bit. No wonder, they are Microsoft programmers.

All open office versions work, but after I discovered some ailments again and again, which I had to fix by updates forever, I left this free world.

 

[dwig]

LibreOffice