Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-08 Thread David Griffith
I do not think you can. As far as I can see Open Office is useless if you are usingLion. David Griffith On 6 Mar 2012, at 03:49, Becky Knaub wrote: For those of you who use Open, How do you get VO to tell you what you are typing. It does it for all of my other apps but not this one. I

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-06 Thread David Hole
Thanks much for many answers. I forgot to say that I'll use it on Lion. And as my name-brother wrote earlier, OOO doesn't work with VO on Lion, is that right? Also, does Pages and Numbers support the newest additions of the MSDocument-format, this docx and xlsx-files? -David Also, can I choose

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-06 Thread Aser Tolentino
IWork apps will open new office files but they export the pre-2007 format. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Mar 6, 2012, at 8:07 AM, David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks much for many answers. I forgot to say that I'll use it on Lion. And as my name-brother wrote earlier,

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-06 Thread Esther
Hello David, To add to Aser's explanation, you cannot choose MS Document formats to be the default saving format type in iWorks, although you can export to these file types, Pages and Numbers save in their own formats. Yuma asked about batch converting from Pages to Word documents a year

The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Deamon David
Hi folks. Since I myself aren't using Office suites that much, I'd like to ask those of you who uses such much for the best solution for Mac? Am I right that we have the options between OpenOffice, LibraOffice and iWork? There are two criterias here: (1) Accessibility, with VoiceOver and (2) that

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread David Griffith
I personally have found Open Office completely unusable under Lion. I understand that there used to be some accessibility under Snow Leopard but under Lion I cannot get any typing echo at all. If it is wordProcessing you are after I would stick to Text Edit perhaps supplemented by the Free

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms word files with no problems. The only dall back is that vo doesn't handle tables very well though. HTH. Matthew On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Deamon David wrote: Hi folks. Since I myself aren't using

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to find them. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:05 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: Hi, I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms word files with no problems. The only dall back is that vo

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi David. I am running my business just fine with Pages and Numbers. True, I ended up telling one of my customers that due to a computer thing she didn't want to hear more about, I couldn't do tables. I had this option available to me which some people don't. I am learning, thanks to Anne,

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread matthew Dyer
You can get open office from www.openoffice.org. Libri-office can be found by doing a google search for it as I do not have a site for it off hand. Matthew On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to find

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread CJ Daniel
David, I'm curious. Have you tried Mesus Writer Pro @ all? I've been considering it, but was wondering about accessibility, before I purchase the application. Any comments about this software would be appreciated. CJ On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:07 AM, David Griffith wrote: I personally have

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
Thanks. I appreciate it. I am downloading Open Office now to give it a try. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:33 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: You can get open office from www.openoffice.org. Libri-office can be found by doing a google search for it as I do not have a site for it off hand. Matthew

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Ezzie Bueno
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Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

2012-03-05 Thread Becky Knaub
For those of you who use Open, How do you get VO to tell you what you are typing. It does it for all of my other apps but not this one. I hope there's a way since I like the setup Open has. Is Libre more accessible? On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: You can get Libre Office