Check out a couple of programs that fulfill both needs .. LibreOffice and AbiWord. Both are free. Obviously LibreOffice is heavier as it's full featured. People already have access to some cloud-based office suites like google's and zimbra.
Microsoft makes far more of the cash flow from their Office package than from Windows. So they have some hard thinking to do.
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