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A little off topic but I am looking for a lightweight word processor program. For MacOS. One that can edit docx documents with some minimal features. Most word processors like LibreOffice are very bloated.


You should try Pages. The Apple office apps -Pages, Numbers, and Keynote- are often overlooked, but they can edit simple docx, xlsx, and pptx files.

For example, Pages can also serve as a basic desktop publishing software as it supports page layouts with text box flow, and Numbers has the best spreadsheet UI that I’ve used (why any other spreadsheet software doesn’t allow to handle “floating” spreadsheets as Numbers? Once you use it is so evident and natural).


I second the Pages recommendation. Keynote is fantastic and Pages has much better typographic functionality than Word.

I can immediately tell whether a document was produced using Word, or LibreOffice, because of poor ligatures and spacing.

I think Numbers falls short of Excel, which is probably one of the best products Microsoft ever created.

If you don't mind dealing with slightly antique UIs, both LyX and TeXmacs are WYSIWYG and can produce outstanding documents with little effort.


> but they can edit simple docx, xlsx, and pptx files.

No, open yes (taking some time to do conversions) but not save, only export.


I'm partial to Mellel. It's pretty snappy. It has a different approach to styles, though, which gives it a bit of a learning curve, but it feels very direct.

https://www.mellel.com/


Have you tried Pages that come free with macOS? I find it to be pretty capable.


How do you measure weight? Apple’s Pages app works on macOS, can edit docx files, and has some minimal features.


I now use an application called WordTime and it opens instantly. Unfortunately is seems no longer supported and it has some quirks.

Pages is really very slow in comparison to open files. Also Pages can also export to docx, not save. Another hurdle in working with docx files.


You can try WPS Office....




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