Free alternative to adobe indesign for macbook air

I have experience in using adobe indesign however I have just brought a MacBook air and my copy of indesign is on my windows machine!
is there a free alternative to indesign that anyone can recommend or someway of me getting it from a windows to a mac?
Thanks

No. I have seen nothing even close to InDesign in the free department. You could install Windows in bootcamp on your Mac and install it there.
Check the bootcamp forums
Boot Camp
Cheers
Pete

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