I have tested Scribus, Pagedraw and several other word processor/ DTP programs as an alternative to Word. Mainly because I have a thing about mindlessly using Word for single page letters and small reports. What this exercise , which I conducted over several months, did was it forced me to look seriously at what I really needed in the way of a small project word processor. These turned out to be 1. Ability to handle RTF and 2. to be compatible with Word. 3. To be small, fast and free. I scoured high and low and finally settled on Atlantis Nova. AN will push text around very quickly but is not the best if you have a lot of graphics. It gets very slow under those conditions. Just my 2 cents.
Erik