-----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victoria Brandon Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 20:12 To: G-List Subject: Re: OS X Evangelism
on 3/2/05 4:49 PM, GDB-B&W-X.3.8 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is "Open Office" actually Word, or does it just open the documents? I've been using Word much of the time every day since system 6, and can't imagine giving it up-- AppleWorks isn't remotely as good, in fact the couple of times I've tried it it's driven me goofy. Same goes for Photoshop, even if you only need a few of its gazillion capacities, losing those few is likewise unimaginable. As for Acrobat, I need it to *create* PDFs, not to read them. Anyway as previously stated, I'm going to try X, but with many reservations. Best, Victoria ------------------------------------------------------------- Open Office is a clone of M$ Office. It is very similar for most things and the differences are fairly easy to learn. The last review said that it opened about 92% of Word documents correctly, and over 97% with just minor formatting issues. All things considered it is a very good program. Though I am really looking forward to version 2.0, I have been enjoying the beta versions. The GIMP is also a very good mature program. I would use it more except that I do have access to Photoshop CS when I need it. The current version of The GIMP is probably equivalent in functionality to Photoshop 5/6. Lastly OS X has built-in PDF generation (probably through GhostScript) so unless you need to generate PDFs with fill-in forms or some other advanced PDF features you should be ok with the built-in software. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
