Have you tried Writely? It’s google’s free word processor that is an online application, ie one that you don’t download. You can write and edit documents of various formats with it, and then you have a choice of saving to Google’s servers or to your hard drive (there’s an auto-save naturally too). You can post entries to your blog with it, as I’m doing now. You can collaborate with others on documents. Why do you need an online word processor when computers today all come with applications like word processors pre-loaded? You don’t. But now Dell/HP/Gateway etc. might give you a choice to buy a computer without applications like this, at a discount. Just a thought. BTW if anyone wants a gmail address, tell me.