Adrian, I for one prefer Star Office. What exactly is it about SO that is too much for you? Abiword is a nice enough app, but unfortunately it's still a beta app and has a few...um...bugs in it. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= *----------------------------------------------------* Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Adrian Smith had this to say! > yea, another question. > as mentioned before i am a writer - so duh.... guess what i use my computer for the >most. my goal is to convert over to Linux as close to full time as possible on the >1st of the year. > > can anyone recomend any good word processors? StarOffice is waaaay too much for me. > AbiWord (is that the right name.....) seems rather nice & could work fine for me. >what i would really adore is something that spell checks with oxford english. maybe >some of you folks across the pond could help me with that one? > > thanks very much > > > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >