Most businesses and even individuals prefer Microsoft Office for their work.
The free apps can get most of the daily routine work done without the need for extra features.
You just need a web surfing app and an Internet connection to get going.
Microsoft also gives you some free space (5 GB) for storing your documents in the OneDrive cloud.
But this is limited to being online all the time.
You cant view or edit your documents once you are offline.
Technically Google Keep is an alternative to OneNote but OneNote is more feature-rich.
For viewing the documents, you might use Microsoft Office Mobile apps.
Here are the links for each app for each platform.
The apps will get installed on a PC with Windows 10 but can only be used for viewing documents.
For editing, you will need to look for something else.
Keep reading for more solutions.
Not all teachers or students are eligible.
To download a trial version of Office 365,it’s possible for you to sign up here.
You will be given a new email address upon signup which is like username@organizationName.onmicrosoft.com.
you might sign on to this account and download Office 365 trial for free.
you could also download the evaluation version fromMicrosoft Evaluation page.
Still, arent satisfied with the solutions so far?
you’ve got the option to also search on Amazon and eBay for cheap licenses of Microsoft Office.
They may not be free but they will be cheap and un-reliable for sure.
Alternatives
There are a lot of free alternatives but nothing is like MS Office.
WPX Office
WPX Office suite is my favorite alternative to Microsoft Office.
Its tab interface is the best way to organize the documents.
That means it only opens one window for all your documents like any web web app.
Download WPX Office
LibreOffice
LibreOffice is just like Microsoft Office and a fierce competitor.
It can successfully handle Microsoft document formats like Docx, Xlsx, and Pptx.
Download LibreOffice
Apache OpenOffice
Apache OpenOffice is probably the oldest competitor of Microsoft Office.
OpenOffice comes with a slightly different interface but with most of the functionality which Microsoft Office provides.
Download OpenOffice
To Sum Up
Microsoft Office is not a free suite.
But we can get the same work done using free apps whether online or offline.
Its better to browse through Amazon and eBay for discounts and cheaper options.
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