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Out of thousands of reviews for 137 products, over 400 people recommended Business and Productivity Software specifically for Word. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Microsoft Office Student Teacher 2004 Full Version
Microsoft Office Student Teacher 2004 Full Version for Mac $150 - $210 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: Mac
  • Released over 3 years ago
65 People Recommend
"this product is almost seamless and allows me to use my developed skills in word and excel with ease.…"

- jorchard at Pricegrabber.com

"i was wary of any microsoft office product on the mac following the failure of word 6 on the mac in 1994.…"

- Amazon.com User

"this product is great for mac users that want the same great word processing that is avaiable on windows macines.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 2 Corel WordPerfect Office X3 Student and Teacher Edition Full Version Academic License
Corel WordPerfect Office X3 Student and Teacher Edition Full Version Academic License for PC $60 - $100 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 2 years ago
32 People Recommend
"wperfect is a fantastic word processor, the best, and for those who have no choice but to deal with the other program at work, it manages to convert very well and i had no problems.…"

- Joan from New York NY at Buy.com

"summary: i have used wordperfect since the earliest versions, rating it better than the many other word-processing programs i have used, including microsoft word.…"

- Thenerds.net User

"great in chaning file formats (to pdf, html, text, ms formats as needed).cons: wordperfect x3 does not work with dragon naturallyspeaking 8 as it did on version 12.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 Microsoft OneNote 2003 Full Version
Microsoft OneNote 2003 Full Version (Media Only) for PC $25 - $80 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
15 People Recommend
"you can move information anywhere you want to, instantly e-mail it from outlook, or create a word document from it.…"

- Amazon.com User

"this is true for all publishing types (ms word, mail, and html).…"

- Amazon.com User

"my primary motivation was that i absolutely abhor word's auto-formatting - i spend more time wrestling with its ideas than taking the important class notes.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Full Version
Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Full Version for PC $30 - $80 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
10 People Recommend
"although, its a little less advanced in terms of converting your handwritten noted to word, but after you update the improved ink recognition for windows, it works better.…"

- jangidk at Pricegrabber.com

"you can move information anywhere you want to, instantly e-mail it from outlook, or create a word document from it.…"

- Amazon.com User

"my primary motivation was that i absolutely abhor word's auto-formatting - i spend more time wrestling with its ideas than taking the important class notes.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 5 Microsoft Office Student And Teacher 2003 Full Version Academic License
Microsoft Office Student And Teacher 2003 Full Version Academic License for PC $53 - $279 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
9 People Recommend
"microsoft office is the standard amongst desktop utilities, and for this price it's better than getting wordperfect or sticking with microsoft works.…"

- Msn.com User

"i particularly like "read" mode in word, which allows one to easily read a document in a format suitable for the screen, instead of a seeing the document as it would be printed.…"

- Msn.com User

"it includes the 2003 editions of word, excel, powerpoint, and outlook--the same programs as office basic 2003.…"

- Pricegrabber.com User


No 6 Microsoft Works Suite 2006 Full Version
Microsoft Works Suite 2006 Full Version for PC $39 - $100 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
9 People Recommend
"works suite 2006 is the last works suite to have a full version of word included.…"

- jeremyschaefer at Pricegrabber.com

"the product key that came with the discs would not install microsoft word; the message "invalid product key" came up.…"

- Amazon.com User

"it seems no longer possible to buy ms word as a stand-alone program so to get it one buys microsoft works suite.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Fluenz Mandarin 1+2
Fluenz Mandarin 1+2 (Win) $323 - $373 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released 1 year ago
8 People Recommend
"in some sense, it reminded me of sesame street's use of actors and superimposed words to highlight key concepts such as grammar, word order, tones, etc.…"

- Amazon.com User

"it would take weeks or even months for anyone to learn those phrases in chinese the rosetta way, by merely pairing images with their corresponding words.…"

- Amazon.com User

"on the other hand, i found the cd to be quite redundant, (the words for i, you and he/she/it were reviewed ad nauseum) and it could have included a lot more grammar.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 8 Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 Upgrade Version
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 Upgrade Version for PC $175 - $330 Compare Prices
  • Upgrade Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
8 People Recommend
"this only goes to show that the product really was programmed well.not a lot of change in the word and excel except for a few new things.…"

- Amazon.com User

"in word, i do like the changes in word and excel if you like to keep up-to-date and really into new features, buy it!…"

- Amazon.com User

"word, access and excel are basically the same programs as xp, powerpoint has a few nicer features (it always has had nice features), and outlook does have some data management not previously available…"

- Amazon.com User


No 9 Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade Version
Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade Version for PC $150 - $300 Compare Prices
  • Upgrade Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
7 People Recommend
"user must convert some old word documents to new format - i had to install a missing file to do that from the cd after the initial install - but that was needed only once, then it was done for good.…"

- Msn.com User

"most of the other parts of the package are fairly similar, although there are several features of word that are a bit annoying to me.…"

- Amazon.com User

"word 2003 includes development tools that add dynamic features to documents making them powerful than ever.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 10 Microsoft Office 2003 Full Version Academic License
Microsoft Office 2003 Full Version Academic License for PC $187 - $279 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
6 People Recommend
"microsoft office word 2003 is a great word processor, which can create print documents (the most popular type of document today), web pages (you can save in either html or xml format), and much more.…"

- Yahoo.com User

"we got word perfect which was decent but not the same as what we run on any of the other computers in the house.…"

- Dell.com User

"i've used the other versions at work but always had ms works+word at home.…"

- Newegg.com User


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