I am considering buying a MBA but i need to do word processing, making power point presentations, and also to use publisher for work, does the MBA have the ability to do these things, if so will I be able to continue with work done on a MBA with a PC?

I am considering buying a mac book air and I was wondering if I can still do word processing, make powerpoint presentations and use publisher like i would on a PC? Also if I can then would I be able to continue with work done on the mac book on a PC and all the computers at school are not macs ?

I am using the 11" MBA with Office 2011 (with latest updates). The form factor is great for travel.
Powerpoint presentations work well, but there are some issues with creating a presentation under OSX then continuing editing under Windows (Powerpoint 2010). I've experienced problems with custom backgrounds not rendering correctly while editing slides under Windows when the original presentation was created under OSX. If you stick with the "standard" themes I imagine you'll be OK.
Also, there is a major drawback in that there is no IR port on the new MBA(s). Therefore, you cannot use an Apple Remote to control a slide show. Yes, there is an app for the iPhone that can control a Keynote slide presentation using Bluetooth, but since I haven't tried it, I cannot say if that app will work for Mac Powerpoint 2011.
What is really needed is an "Apple Bluetooth Remote". (please, if anyone from Apple is listening...)
Your only option to run Publisher is to run Windows in a virtual machine (e.g. Fusion or Parallels) with Publisher installed as there is no Mac version.
I run Fusion with Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 configured as a workstation and Office 2010 as my main travel machine and it is very responsive. Even using Windows Aero Theme which is knowned to be graphics intensive.

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I am about to buy a 13" MacBook Pro with 256 GB SSD. I want a Windows partition set up. What size should it be, and can I load Win XP Pro or does it need to be Win 7 or 8?

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HT4929 I have a 10.4.11 system so will I be able to continue my iweb & website

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and using netscape browser 4.0.6 and oracle 8i as database.I have
configured everything according to the help given in developers
online documents.In the status bar of the browser it shows:
Applet oracle.forms.engine.Main error: class
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Netscape Communications Corporation -- Java 1.1.5Type '?' for
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Copyright (C) 1996-97 Symantec Corporation
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java.lang.ClassLoader.resolveClass(Compiled Code) at
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netscape.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Compiled Code) at
netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$LoadAppletEvent.dispatch(Compi
led Code) at
java.awt.EventDispatchThread$EventPump.dispatchEvents(Compiled
Code) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Compiled Code) at
netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$AppletEventDispatchThread.run(
Compiled Code)
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appears in the browser and the form opens but after some time it
gives the following error:
FRM 99999 A network error occured the client will not be able
to continue
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closed
*)While using forms 5.0, I succesfully deploy the forms on the
web,but the same error occurs here also after some time:
FRM 99999 A network error occured the client will not be able
to continue
Details ... Java Exception:java.net SocketException: Socket
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or any NT Service patch or any thing else to install.
IF ANY ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS ERROR PLEASE RESPOND
HARJEET
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Harjeet,
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harjeet bakshi (guest) wrote:
: *) I am using deverloper 6.0 and deploying forms 6.0 on the web
: and using netscape browser 4.0.6 and oracle 8i as database.I
have
: configured everything according to the help given in developers
: online documents.In the status bar of the browser it shows:
: Applet oracle.forms.engine.Main error: class
: oracle/forms/engine/Main got a security violation: method
: verification error
: *)While in the browser's java console it shows:
: Netscape Communications Corporation -- Java 1.1.5Type '?' for
: options.Symantec Java! ByteCode Compiler Version 210.065
: Copyright (C) 1996-97 Symantec Corporation
: # Error: Invalid Hash of this JAR entry (-7882)
: # jar file: C:\TEMP\jzip5HKR.TMP
: # path: oracle/ewt/alert/Alert.class
: # Error: Strange PKCS7 or RSA failure (-7881)
: # jar file: C:\TEMP\jzip5HKR.TMP
: # path: C:\TEMP\jzip5HKR.TMP
: # Error: loading of signatures has failed (-1)
: # jar file: C:\TEMP\jzip5HKR.TMP
: # path: /f60code/
: # Verifier error oracle/forms/engine/Main.init()V: Cannot find
: class sun/applet/AppletViewer
: # Applet exception: class oracle/forms/engine/Main got a
security
: violation: method verification errorjava.lang.VerifyError:
: oracle/forms/engine/Main at
: java.lang.ClassLoader.resolveClass(Compiled Code) at
: netscape.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass1(Compiled Code)* at
: netscape.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Compiled Code) at
: netscape.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Compiled Code) at
netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$LoadAppletEvent.dispatch(Compi
: led Code) at
: java.awt.EventDispatchThread$EventPump.dispatchEvents(Compiled
: Code) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Compiled Code) at
netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$AppletEventDispatchThread.run(
: Compiled Code)
: *)Now having this problem if we reload the browser the applet
: appears in the browser and the form opens but after some time
it
: gives the following error:
: FRM 99999 A network error occured the client will not be
able
: to continue
: Details ... Java Exception:java.net SocketException: Socket
: closed
: *)While using forms 5.0, I succesfully deploy the forms on the
: web,but the same error occurs here also after some time:
: FRM 99999 A network error occured the client will not be
able
: to continue
: Details ... Java Exception:java.net SocketException: Socket
: closed
: Please let me know if there is anything more i have to
configure
: or any NT Service patch or any thing else to install.
: IF ANY ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS ERROR PLEASE RESPOND
: HARJEET
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