Not as an endorsement of any particular software, though I do have some of the software this guy lists; Perhaps most of our British brothers in arms already know this site, but here it is:
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=free+office...=1276369766245
This guy lists some really excellent free software available instead of the several hundreds of each of our monetary denominations from major retailers.
I have been using some of these for some months now and have had no problems with any of what I am using. I am quite pleased with some of these software offerings.
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