Re: Converting from pages to office for submission in college classroom
Hi, Just to add to this, if your daughter does decide to run Windows it will have to be Windows 8/8.1 as support for Windows 7 under Boot camp is being fazed out by Apple. That's if she has any of the Macs that were released at Apple's Spring Forward event. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed B.A. Business Information Systems RMIT University On 4/17/2015 9:47 AM, Grant Hardy wrote: Lately, Microsoft has been giving Office 365 subscriptions away to students for free, provided you attend an eligible school. You generally need to enter your school’s Email address to confirm eligibility. My understanding is that this is supposed to be a worldwide offer. Details may be found here: http://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students The current shipping version of Office for Mac is not accessible with VoiceOver but it appears that the next version of Office will be more accessible. Microsoft is offering a public preview of the next version of Office for Mac right now, and the latest preview build offers pretty good, basic VoiceOver accessibility in Word. If your daughter wants to switch to Office, give the Preview a go and see if it meets her needs. You can find more information about the preview here: https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/mac-preview That said, as Tim stated, you don’t have to switch away from Pages for the sole reason of wanting to save in Word format. You can export to Microsoft Word format from within any Pages document. The option is under the export submenu, found in the file menu. Lastly, if for whatever reason you need to fall back to Windows in the future, you don’t need to purchase a separate computer. You can install Windows on the same Mac machine you already use. You might have to buy Windows from the Microsoft Store if you don’t already have a license, but this should be cheaper and more convenient than buying a whole new PC. Here’s an article from Microsoft explaining Boot Camp. The article references Windows 7, but it includes a link to the Microsoft Store where you can buy Windows 8. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2647609 Best, Grant On Apr 16, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I'm asking this question in my daughters behalf. She has had a Mac for the past three years recently purchased a new computer in order to have access to office in order to submit her schoolwork online to her respective teachers. My question is twofold Does office for Mac come in a student edition as does the Microsoft equivalent? If not, does anyone know of extensions that will allow her to convert her work from pages to word? I may be a bit late with these questions as she went out to purchase an HP computer for the sole purpose of gaining access to Microsoft office. Hopefully I can find the answers for her in order that she can ultimately take it back, allowing her to use the copy of pages she has to continue her schoolwork. Accessibility is not an issue as she is cited.. She called me yesterday totally unfamiliar with Windows 8, frustrated; etc. I couldn't help her, as I know nothing about Windows 8. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Pam Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Converting from pages to office for submission in college classroom
Hi, Yes, at least in Canada, there is education pricing for the Office for Mac suite and it is considerably less expensive. I can’t imagine that US customers would have it any different. Regarding exporting Pages documents to Word, this functionality is built right in to Pages. Make sure that your Pages document is saved, then go up to the File menu, down to Export, right and down to Word in the sub-menu. Follow the prompts and you’ll have a Word (.docx) document just as simple as that. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2015, at 08:21, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I'm asking this question in my daughters behalf. She has had a Mac for the past three years recently purchased a new computer in order to have access to office in order to submit her schoolwork online to her respective teachers. My question is twofold Does office for Mac come in a student edition as does the Microsoft equivalent? If not, does anyone know of extensions that will allow her to convert her work from pages to word? I may be a bit late with these questions as she went out to purchase an HP computer for the sole purpose of gaining access to Microsoft office. Hopefully I can find the answers for her in order that she can ultimately take it back, allowing her to use the copy of pages she has to continue her schoolwork. Accessibility is not an issue as she is cited.. She called me yesterday totally unfamiliar with Windows 8, frustrated; etc. I couldn't help her, as I know nothing about Windows 8. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Pam Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Converting from pages to office for submission in college classroom
Hi folks, I'm asking this question in my daughters behalf. She has had a Mac for the past three years recently purchased a new computer in order to have access to office in order to submit her schoolwork online to her respective teachers. My question is twofold Does office for Mac come in a student edition as does the Microsoft equivalent? If not, does anyone know of extensions that will allow her to convert her work from pages to word? I may be a bit late with these questions as she went out to purchase an HP computer for the sole purpose of gaining access to Microsoft office. Hopefully I can find the answers for her in order that she can ultimately take it back, allowing her to use the copy of pages she has to continue her schoolwork. Accessibility is not an issue as she is cited.. She called me yesterday totally unfamiliar with Windows 8, frustrated; etc. I couldn't help her, as I know nothing about Windows 8. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Pam Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Converting from pages to office for submission in college classroom
Lately, Microsoft has been giving Office 365 subscriptions away to students for free, provided you attend an eligible school. You generally need to enter your school’s Email address to confirm eligibility. My understanding is that this is supposed to be a worldwide offer. Details may be found here: http://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students The current shipping version of Office for Mac is not accessible with VoiceOver but it appears that the next version of Office will be more accessible. Microsoft is offering a public preview of the next version of Office for Mac right now, and the latest preview build offers pretty good, basic VoiceOver accessibility in Word. If your daughter wants to switch to Office, give the Preview a go and see if it meets her needs. You can find more information about the preview here: https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/mac-preview That said, as Tim stated, you don’t have to switch away from Pages for the sole reason of wanting to save in Word format. You can export to Microsoft Word format from within any Pages document. The option is under the export submenu, found in the file menu. Lastly, if for whatever reason you need to fall back to Windows in the future, you don’t need to purchase a separate computer. You can install Windows on the same Mac machine you already use. You might have to buy Windows from the Microsoft Store if you don’t already have a license, but this should be cheaper and more convenient than buying a whole new PC. Here’s an article from Microsoft explaining Boot Camp. The article references Windows 7, but it includes a link to the Microsoft Store where you can buy Windows 8. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2647609 Best, Grant On Apr 16, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I'm asking this question in my daughters behalf. She has had a Mac for the past three years recently purchased a new computer in order to have access to office in order to submit her schoolwork online to her respective teachers. My question is twofold Does office for Mac come in a student edition as does the Microsoft equivalent? If not, does anyone know of extensions that will allow her to convert her work from pages to word? I may be a bit late with these questions as she went out to purchase an HP computer for the sole purpose of gaining access to Microsoft office. Hopefully I can find the answers for her in order that she can ultimately take it back, allowing her to use the copy of pages she has to continue her schoolwork. Accessibility is not an issue as she is cited.. She called me yesterday totally unfamiliar with Windows 8, frustrated; etc. I couldn't help her, as I know nothing about Windows 8. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Pam Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
