I too have a new MacBook Air. You have three basic choices: 1. Install Office 2016 for Mac. Expensive choice if she just wants to look at Word Docs, but if she has an Office 360 subscription the Mac counts as one of your five machines.
2. “Pages” is a word processor that comes free with any Mac. It will load .docx files and she can read them OK, but the user setup is completely different from Word and I wouldn’t recommend it for creating or editing Word documents. 3. Libre Office and Open Office are two complete open-source office suites that have native Mac versions. Either one can import/export between their native (open-source) formats and standard MS Office formats. Libre Office is the one I use, both have a user interface that is quite similar to Office 2010 and later, so they are suitable for heavy-duty use. Dan Covill > On Nov 17, 2015, at 9:47 AM, John Weller <j...@johnweller.co.uk> wrote: > > I have been asked to transfer some Word docs to a friend's new MacBook Air - > the problem is I have not had anything to do with a Mac for many years. > Does the Mac come with WP software? If so will it open a M$ word document? > What about Excel - is there an equivalent? > > Thanks > > John > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/blu437-smtp973774e7f2460751f562248a...@phx.gbl ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
