Macbook pro,mac os x( leopard) ( 10.4.11 )

can anyone please help me how to figure out a way to use this computer to write a book. I will need to use this computer to simply write a book as if i were using a typewriter.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The best tool is a good word processor.
http://www.neooffice.org/ is a great one for the Mac. That and a good printer. A black and white laser can be had for very little. I use a Brother HL-2170 via USB on 10.4.11 with a MacBook Pro Core2Duo without any difficulty.

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Messages and particularly the iMessages account now has a range of "Known Issues"
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 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
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step one-
Back up your iTunes Library.itl file, found under ~/Music/iTunes
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