LibreOffice is, in some circles, considered better than OpenOffice. I have it on my Linux machines, can highly recommend it. It's 100% free to download and use.
The notification said the only programs allowed must come from the microsoft store.
Thanks for all the great suggestions. I think the issue with my laptop is I tried to download that apache program suggested in this thread earlier today and I got a notification that I couldn't run the program unless I changed some setting in my operating system or whatever and I couldn't change it back if I did. The notification said the only programs allowed must come from the microsoft store.
You are probably running Windows 10 Home in S Mode. It's Microsoft's attempt at the Apple sandbox.
Very easy (and free) to switch out of that into full Windows 10: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4456067/windows-10-switch-out-of-s-mode
Ah thanks for the info. Yes it said "S" mode and made it seem like it would be a bad idea to switch out of that. So there is no down side to switching out of this S mode?
None. You'll still get all of the updates and what not, you'll just have a bit more control over what you can do to your system (ie install programs that aren't in the Microsoft App Store) and schedule updates so that they don't always force your computer to restart randomly.
Wow thanks for the tip and I will get to that and be able now to download the writing programs you and others have suggested! 馃榾
By the way, if you're an old Unix guy like me... you can download "vim", which is an enhanced version of vi.
Thanks but I'm about the dumbest when it comes to computers and wouldn't know unix from punix!
