kat, the 2 big rival wordprocessing packages on Windows operating systems are Microsoft Word and Corel Word Perfect.

I am just a general user and Word which was on my PC suits my needs (and I consider it to be very user friendly even though it has lots of features - except for that damn staple clip thing - God knows where MS got that irritation from).

It would appear from this thread that both Word and WP have their strengths and weaknesses and that WP may be more suitable for your needs as a writer but assuming you already have Word installed, you would have to take the cost of purchasing WP into the equation and I doubt (my guess) that this cost would be justified.

As far as I understand it Star Office offers similar functionality (and operation and compatibility) to Word but I can't really see the point in downloading it if the version of Word you have meets your requirements.

Jon