Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-18 Thread Stephen Chape
Why not try iWork ... only $99.00 ? I switched recently after first trying MS Office 2008. Mutch simpler interface and easier to use typical Apple product !! And reads all the MSO files. Numbers is particulary good .. I love it's flexibility. On 18/07/2008, at 4:05 PM, Mervyn &

MS Office 2008

2008-07-18 Thread Mervyn & Giuliana Bond
Thank you to James, Greg, Robert, Reg, Barry, Susan for your comments on alternatives to MS Office 2008 and also what glitches can occur with Office. I have gone down the path of downloading Neo Office and making an appropriate donation. Opened several Word documents without a problem but had

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
rks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son runs MS Office 2004 but it would

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Pat
e received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son runs MS Office 2004 but it would seem like going b

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread James / Hans Kunz
sorry as i mentioned earlier on i'm using neooffice for the last year, i'm still waiting for a crash. James On 12/07/2008, at 9:28, Barry Sexstone wrote: Reg Unfortunately you ere right. Version 3.0 (beta) is an intel product only. Version 2.4 should run on your powerbook, however,

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread James / Hans Kunz
with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son run

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
ide with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son runs MS Office 200

MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Susan
Re compatibility with Office 2004, Office 2008 saves documents as .docx by default, which is the same as the Windows version of Office. However, you can specify to save as .doc so that you documents are fully compatible with Office 2004 and you won't need a special converter. regards, Susan

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Reg Whitely
tions with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac s

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
ed and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son runs MS Office 2004 but it would seem like going backwards to try and obtain a copy of such. However, as there have been four years between updat

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Reg Whitely
cuments that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the plunge. My other Mac son runs MS Office 2004 but it would seem like going backwards to try and ob

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Robert Howells
On 11/07/2008, at 6:08 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: Up until this month I have managed communications with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Of

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
office.org Barry On 11/07/2008, at 6:08 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: Up until this month I have managed communications with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as p

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Manzie Greg
e managed communications with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I had better take the pl

Re: MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread James / Hans Kunz
8, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: Up until this month I have managed communications with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retail

MS Office 2008

2008-07-11 Thread Mervyn & Giuliana Bond
Up until this month I have managed communications with the dark side with Appleworks. However I have received two Word documents that I could not open and had to pass on to my PC son who opened and saved them as pdfs. MS Office 2008 (office version) is retailing for about $200 and I thought I