How to transfer pc files to macbookair

How to transfer data files like Word doc's, Excel spreadsheets from my old Dell Desktop PC to my MacBookAir? The Windows PC Office for XP has been in use since 2003. I've purchased and installed Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.
I also have photos on my old PC that I want to transfer to my Mac.
I also have Favorites and Bookmarks saved under various browsers e.g. Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome. Is it difficult to transfer these; or better to set them up with a new bookmark under Safari?
Is it better to have the Apple staff make the transfer for me? If so, can this be done using some kind of flash drive instead of taking the Desktop PC in to the store?

hi Paul
My wife and I both moved to Mac's last year. The good news is that everything can be ported over, I recommend backing up everything to an external drive before moving data across. In answer to your questions.
1) Yes Microsoft office on the Mac will open MSO files from your PC
2) Yes again no problem.
3) You can export all these bookmarks from their respective browsers and import into Safari. Mind you I'm using Chrome on my Mac not Safari. You can run Firefox too. So the only browser you can't run on the Mac is IE. So you'll need to export your favorites from IE and then import into Chrome, or whatever browser you're going to use on the Mac
4) I did this myself, my wife took her old machine to the Apple store. I have to say I was very impressed with the way they managed the process. She took in both machines and then picken them up the next day and everything was moved and worked as she expected. You might want to drop off the machines on a Friday, go away for the weekend and pick them up the next week .
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