IBM Lotus Symphony is a Free Alternative to MS Office

It is completely free of charge and is built on OpenOffice.org technology and supports Open Document Format standards.

Lotus Symphony Document

This is their word processing app that would replace MS Word.

Notice there is a single interface with tabbed sections for each program and / or document.

There are plenty of templates for various types of documents to choose from and download.

Save documents in in Open or MS formats.

The entire suite opens up all documents using tabbed sections to make navigation easier.

you’ve got the option to associate Symphony with open document formats.

I had little problem with documents I tested out and opened between the programs.

you’re free to easily save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to PDF format.

If you get stuck there is a help section that will guide you through basic tasks.