{"id":1051,"date":"2011-03-29T16:20:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2011-03-29T16:20:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:20:23","slug":"write-right-right-now-cloudeight-freeware-goodie-3292011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/write-right-right-now-cloudeight-freeware-goodie-3292011\/","title":{"rendered":"Write right right now – Cloudeight freeware goodie 3\/29\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is one fine program, folks. If you didn’t try it first \t\ttime around, try it now. It sure beats MS Word for all-around \t\tfunctionality!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh yes. There are a plethora of free office applications out there. We \t\tknow all about them. Open Office, SS, Google Docs, and many others. \t\tMicrosoft Office is facing stiff competition. You’d think they’d lower \t\tthe price. But no, not Microsoft – they’re going to raise the price. Why \t\tnot? They think that people like Office so well that they’ll give up \t\ttheir first born for it. They won’t, but Microsoft lives in the 1990’s – \t\tbefore Google and before money got tight. “What me worry?” says Bill \t\tGates. Microsoft keeps changing Office so that you can’t read new Office \t\tdocuments with your old Office program unless you download a converter. \t\tIt’s sort of like traveling to Europe – you need a converter so you \t\tdon’t blow up your hair dryer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have \t\tOffice 2003. I don’t plan on buying Office 2010. The only thing I use in \t\tOffice is Word. I have used Excel about twice. I have nothing to spread \t\ton a spreadsheet anymore so I don’t use it. PowerPoint’s nice if you’re \t\ttrying to impress some girl or guy. Since I’m a guy I don’t want to \t\timpress guys – and I’m too old to worry about impressing girls – well \t\tsometimes. Anyway…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But I \t\treally don’t like Word too much – it keeps correcting my grammar. Can \t\tyou imagine the nerve? So when I stumbled on Jarte the other day, I was \t\timpressed. It leaved my grammar alone and I was free to express myself \t\tgood. I mean all those stupid grammar rules? Who need those? <\/span><\/p>\n

OK, I’m \t\tgetting carried away here, you just care about what it is, what it does \t\tand where to get it. What you really care about –because you’re cheap \t\t— is that it’s free. But free is not good enough for you, is it? You \t\twant cheap and you want good. Cheap and good are hard to find. Trust me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jarte \t\tis a Windows word processor that can read and save your word processing \t\tgems in Word format which is .doc or .docx depending on the version of \t\tMS Office you spent $400 to buy. I would have said $400 for, but that \t\twould have been ending a sentence with a preposition and Word doesn’t \t\tlike that – plus “$400 for” sounds kind of clumsy.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what \t\tdoes Jarte do? Duh! It’s a word processor. If you don’t know what a word \t\tprocessor is, you don’t need one. Trust me on that. Here’s a short list \t\tof features. If you like these features, great, if not, go plunk down \t\t$400 for MS Office; I don’t care!<\/span><\/p>\n