Advice On Word Processing App For Win 7

I need a very simplistic word processor app for very simple letter writing (no frills, attachments, etc.). Two things that are an absolute must concern cutting/pasting from online articles and websites:


1. It must easily cut and paste paragraphs or sentences in 'clear formatting', eliminating any fancy/oversized/bold fonts, either automatically, or without much effort from me.

2. It must strip the 'hyperlink' junk from cut/paste urls.


Using Word 2003 for either is a constant battle I'm tired of fighting. Anyone know of a KISS app that will be expedient to use, and not a major irritation?

 

Have you considered trying an old version of WordPerfect, or even Wordpad?

 

I no longer have a copy of Office 2003 but, in Word 2007, you can add a "Paste Special" command to the Quick Access Toolbar that will allow you to paste things as unformatted text.

 

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Been thinking since I posted this, and was wondering if 'reboot-to-restore' apps (Reboot Restore Rx, Toolwiz Time Freeze, etc.) might work? Basically the main irritation is the 'format' portion, specifically the 'autoformat/autocorrect/autoformat as you type/autotext/smart tags' with all the boxes checked by default. I uncheck them. A day or so later all are checked again. And around and around we have gone for too many years now. Would any such apps keep those boxes blank?

When Word 2003 was on the library computers, all those dang boxes was blank by default. I recall their IT guy said they had Deep Freeze installed, though not sure if that was what did it.

 

Those programs that freeze the whole system are good to start off with a blank slate every time. Which means anything you created would be gone next reboot.
You can sandbox the app - https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sandboxie_plus.html
Just allow access to "my docs" to save files from being destroyed when you close up.
But you'd need a clean version to start from, which means deleting some registry keys and the default template or cleaning up the settings just like you've been doing.