Word Processor / WordPerfect MBP

Hey everyone,
I can't believe that the MBP does not come with a decent word processor. I've searched the forums and have found little on how to solve this problem. Does anyone know of a decent word processor to get for free for the MBP?
ALSO, I have a bunch of word AND Wordperfect files. Does anyone know the best way to get these opened on the MBP? I've tried Appleworks, but it kept crashing my computer (and it can't recognize WordPerfect files at all). Thanks for the help!

Hi Jack,
I have not heard of a free word processing program that is very good, but if you are willing to spend a bit, microsoft word:mac is very good for me.I know that it can open windows word files, but I am not sure about word perfect because I have never tried. I think it is worth it to buy this software and in factt I really like all of the programs in office (powerpoint, exel, enterage and word)
Check it out:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/6194005/wo/JW74 OcuNDqDT3I3DUvA1HWEo5jo/1.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.1.3

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William Donelson wrote:
There are so many things that infuriate me about Pages. Save As.. missing, autosave, etc which are NOT like 99% of other apps on the Mac.
Save As is still there, hold down the option key as you go to the File menu. This is not Pages, it is Mountain Lion.
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Grrrrrr.
Then you are doing something wrong, probably pounding away at spaces, tabs and returns to position things. Turn on invisibles to see what is going on:
Menu > View > Show Invisibles
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Time to learn Pages. AppleWorks is dead. Stop pining for it. This is a case of user error and instead of blaming Pages, it would pay to find out what you have done and stop doing that.
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