I must communicate with Word/Excel/Outlook in a MS world
Hello all,
Planning on a move to Mac and want all my cards in order before I venture to my local Apple store.
My new purchase will be mainly for my personal use (90% of the time), - but - if I need to open/create Word/Excel docs and Outlook email with my Windows users in the office we need to communicate comfortably.
My question is (since I never used the Mac)---
What software that comes with a Mac can be used to create/save/open ---
Word
Excel
Outlook
Are there any knows issues with the Mac versions communicating with the MS versions, or would I be better off with Office 94 ? I thought if I can use what came with the system - why not, save some $$
Thanks,
Bob
TextEdit, which is the built-in text editor in Mac OS X (similar to Wordpad in Windows) will open and save .doc files, but I don't think it'll handle anything too complex. AppleWorks, which comes with iMacs, iBooks and I think Mac minis will also open Office files. You can download OpenOffice and/or NeoOffice/J, both of which are free and will open Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. They're quite good for compatibility, but still have minor problems now and then.
However, I have to agree that if you expect to be dealing with MS Office files a lot, you should just buy the Mac version of Office. In contrast to my opinion of most MS products, I think Office:Mac is actually quite well done.
With regards to Outlook files, I'm not sure what you mean. I've never used Outlook, but I was under the impression that it was an email and calendar program, and had assumed that it didn't really deal with files. Mac OS X comes with Mail which is a solid email client, and iCal and Address Book for calendar and contact information. If you need Exchange support, I think your only option is MS Office, which includes Entourage. Entourage is the Mac equivalent for Outlook.
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