PolyEdit Lite for Windows

User Reviews

• Shame on CNET...

  HeyBulldog81September 3, 2013

  Pros

  Absolutly none, Too afraid to launch it now

  Cons

  Download was wrapped in THREE! cr@pware programs that snuck on computer without any way to dis-allow, uncheck, or refuse. Shame on CNET for hosting such drek and wasting an hour of someone's valuable time by turning a working computer into what looked like a virus-infested pop-up arcade horror box, and then chore of uninstalling all that garbage. Never again CNET. I'll just go to Fry's and buy software from now on; they will eat, your malware developers won't.

  Summary

  Lesson learned: Never trust CNET ever again. No download is safe on this site. My.. how things have changed around here. They just don't care anymore about security of computer users like the old days.

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• Excellent for what it is

  keblensisNovember 9, 2011

  Pros

  Lightweight and fast - ideal for basic word processing or viewing documents. I have Word on my computer and Open Office on my laptop, both of which I find infuriatingly slow to start up and to open a document. PolyEdit Lite starts much faster and opens documents without any noticeable delay. The default Courier 10 font is easily changed (Edit/Options).

  Cons

  If you want all the bells and whistles pay for the full version or use another programme. This should be valued for what it is; a basic fast word processor.

  Summary

  Far and away my first choice both for basic word processing and for opening documents.

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• Great little program

  TopCnetFanOctober 19, 2011

  Pros

  *Light *Easy to use *Bug-free *Intuitive *Clean interface *Enough # options to keep most ppl happy

  Cons

  *Keeps all files under one toobar tab; should include the possibility to choose to see individual icons. Apart from this, perfect!

  Summary

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• I like it.

  tbratzelMay 28, 2011

  Pros

  Familiar format. Handles .docx and will convert to other formats

  Cons

  No print layout

  Summary

  Good replacement if you can't afford Microsoft Office Word.

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• Nearly perfect for me.

  Joe MFebruary 17, 2011

  Pros

  Lightweight, fast, simple. Surprisingly good feature set.

  Cons

  Template system is a bit quirky, documentation sparse.

  Summary

  PolyEdit Lite is not so much a lite version of MS Word as it is a super WordPad, and I mean that as a complement. Word, OOo Writer, and WordPerfect can do amazing stuff, but for the kind of routine tasks most people need to do, those kinds of upper level tools aren't necessary. Like WordPad, PolyEdit Lite is fast, simple, and will by default save files to RTF that can be read by almost any word processor. Advantages over WordPad are spell checking, a format paintbrush, header, footer, and pagination options for printing, and search using regular expressions and non-printing characters, just to name a few. I've used Word and Writer for years and would still recommend them for heaving lifting, but for my own day-to-say purposes, PolyEdit Lite is now my favorite word processor to run on Windows.

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• Reasonable Microsoft Word replacement.

  thelfgJune 9, 2010

  Pros

  Easy to use. Light on resources.

  Cons

  I couldn't get it to import graphics.

  Summary

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• Good little program for a lite version word processor.

  cd527phdJune 8, 2010

  Pros

  The ability to encrypt documents from the program is a nifty feature. Imports graphics easily. Table commands and spell checker work well.

  Cons

  I miss the ability to change the default setting for my font. It always wanted to change back to the default courier 10 pt size which is too small for me to read. Requires external plug in software to create formulas and extra dictionary

  Summary

  I really disliked the fact the program wanted to change back to the default Courier 10 pt font after nearly every single action. Even if you changed the font and then skipped a line it defaulted back to Courier. The program requires a user to purchase external plug in software (created and sold by other vendors) which I found off-putting even though those programs have free trial versions. There is no templates in the lite version, but they can be easily created and saved for future work. I found that the table creation commands worked well as did changing text colors and inserting graphics or formulas created with other software programs. The help menu was a little lacking in the free version, but the professional version offers more features and better documentation I am told. Except for the contstant battle of the changing default font and font size I would recommend this software to anyone looking for something easy to use in a word processor.

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• easy to use. identical, or close to ms word.

  wolfeccMarch 4, 2010

  Pros

  fast and easy

  Cons

  nothing that i can complain about

  Summary

  well worth the download

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• Very good - but no print view/layout

  mambu152March 3, 2010

  Pros

  small can default save in word doc format fast many other features

  Cons

  no print layout - their website says it is coming soon in version 6.0

  Summary

  I find it hard to use without the print layout - if that doesn't bother you then this is the one

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• Best Free Word Processor I've Tried

  pdun459February 7, 2010

  Pros

  Very easy to use and customize, lots of options.

  Cons

  No built-in PDF Exporting.

  Summary

  I tried AbiWord and Jarte before settling on this one. I hated AbiWord. Jarte is a lot better but it doesn't have as many options and features as PolyEdit Lite. I had been using OpenOffice but all I ever used was the Writer and the rest of it just sat there taking up 320 MB. PolyEdit has everything I ever used in Writer (except for PDF exporting built in) and only uses a little over 3 MB!

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