Can anyone recommend a good FREE alternative to Microsoft Word or Office please. I need one that's straightforward & pretty easy to use, if that's possible. Thanks all.

Microsoft office word is very easy to use.

http://www.libreoffice.org/download.This used to be open office.

10 Free MS Word Alternatives You Can Use Today

http://www.investintech.com/articles/tenwordalternatives/

stanb is right, Steve. Grab yourself a copy of LibreOffice. Free download here

Thanks Mike, Stan & friends for your help. Libreoffice now all set up and running!

openoffice.org is amazing..
Simple to use and has some extra features like converting to pdf..

And its FREE