If so, you are not alone. The more you shop around you will start to see how most vendors will offer a package for home, one for the office and for the professional. For this particular column I will be sticking to a few basics that a home user should consider. The Word Processor A word processor is a must for most people. You could get some standard word processors with an operating system but they would not have all of the features of Microsoft Word.
Word processors are much more powerful than what they used to be.
These programs don't work well for intense desktop publishing but you can whip up a basic project in just a few minutes. Mostly everyone is familiar with Microsoft Word, a very powerful word processor. Word gives you the ability to manipulate text in just about every way you could imagine. The newer generations of word processors also have total integration with the Internet, making it easier for you to upload your files and work. You can use spreadsheets for creating charts and graphs to display formula results, number crunching and even small databases if you want.