does anyone know of a free microsoft publisher alternative?
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I recommend Scribus as a free alternative to MS  Publisher but if you only want more simple functions then open office. I use Scribus at school and think its very good. However, it was running on Linux OS and ive never tried the windows version. Wouldn't have thought there would be any difference though.
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You can use Microsoft Office Publisher.\n\nIt's user friendly.
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I like MS Publisher the best, you can always download more templates & customize it through Microsoft online.
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Any book from Microsoft Press works fine!
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try openoffice.org 2.0, it is completely free, fully compatible with ms office spyware/adware/virus free
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You can download a trial version for free or go to www.openoffice.org
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One pretty good one and amazingly easy is Microsoft's... Picture IT! Relatively inexpensive and it has a great deal of options (everything you asked for plus much, much more). I've been using it for a few years.
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Well, there really is no free software for this.  Rather, this is important to your company for tax's, employee managemnet ect.  A paid software would be Quick books.  Which if you buy 1 licence I believe it is about $500 US.  In the interm, check out the listed link for templates through Microsoft!  Good Luck!
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Here are free alternatives to MS Word:\n\nhttp://www.abiword.com/\nhttp://www.openoffice.org/\n\nUse open-source software. Say no to piracy.
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If you need templates and trial versions, see:  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/FX101321101033.aspx?pid=CL100570421033\n\nIf you want to download Microsoft Office free, you can't except for some trial versions.  A very good Microsoft Office alternative is OpenOffice.  http://www.openoffice.org
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Another option is OpenOffice. It's much like StarOffice like the person up there offered. OpenOffice is a suite like Microsoft Office that is open source and completely free and one of the programs is called 'Impress' and let's you create slide shows and save them in PowerPoint format.\n\nAlso a correction to the guy above: StarOffice is not free, it  costs $70. OpenOffice is free.
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Look into OpenOffice.  I hear it is as good if not better then MSOffice and is 100% compatible and the price is right- free!
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No reason to risk the wrath of Microsoft Legal.\n\nTry OpenOffice -- it's free (open source) and will open anything that you can build with O2K3.
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go to open office at:\n\nhttp://www.openoffice.org/\n\nand get the download. It is just like MS Office only FREEEEE!!!! Did I mention no cost? I has all the beels n whistles and handles all the same files even pdf's!
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If you do that, it would be illegal.  I use OpenOffice, it's completely free and will open, edit and save as MS Word format.
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Microsoft Publisher is considered to be an entry-level desktop publishing application, and to provide superior control over page elements to Microsoft Word but inferior to page layout programs such as Adobe Systems' InDesign, Quark, Inc.'s QuarkXPress.\n\nIt would more or less be used in a Marketing environment to create business cards, labels, flyers and related material.
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I don't think you will get it free legally.\n\nBut if you want a free legal copy of office software that is almost like Microsoft, then you want http://www.openoffice.org/