Open Office vs. Microsoft Office for Mac

Anyone have experience with both Open Office and Microsoft Office for Mac?
I tried out using Pages, but it is too cumbersome to share PDFs with PCs to work on files together.
My use is primarily business.

The Windows version of OOo is now 2.3RC1 and my guess is ahead of the Mac version of OOo or NeoOffice at this point.
If you need to work and share files with MS Office, Office 2004 (w/ upgrade to 2008 coming early next year) is probably worth the small cost.
But you probably ought to be checking the Pages Discussion (unless you are just checking here and already been over there).

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Microsoft office - home and student for Mac?!?!?!

Hi,
If anybody can help me that would be a great big huge help!
Basically i have just got my first Apple MacBook and i have the Pro version, so when i bought it i found out that it doesn't already have an office or word type of product in it, so i decided to buy microsoft office home and student for mac, which i was told would be fine on my macbook.
when i installed it yesterday i decided to start working on a word document and tried to save it onto my usual memory stick that i generally use all the time. Upon saving it and trying to reopen it, it wouldnt let me do this...came up with this ...
Process: Microsoft Word [160]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Identifier: com.microsoft.Word
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Unknown-100825~0
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [89]
Date/Time: 2011-03-12 17:58:41.165 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J3210)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 9468 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 10
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 10
Anonymous UUID: CBC85B25-EF82-45DE-9AFD-8ACE04FBECA3
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @rpath/mbukernel.framework/Versions/14/mbukernel
Referenced from: /Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Reason: image not found
Binary Images:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <283EE026-C0FE-1FF9-DB81-BFB155793157> /usr/lib/dyld
Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B04, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f96
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 5.100.198.10.1)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.3f1, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 298.09 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0246, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: USB Mass Storage Device, 0x1307 (USBest Technology Inc.), 0x0165, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3
If anyone could help me that would be fantastic!
Thanks for reading

Hi,
I was looking for help with this same problem on my Wifes MBP but with Excel, while I was looking for solutions, I tried installing Messenger again, fixing disk permissions with disk utility, as well as other things, none worked. Then I was looking for where this nasty mbukernel file lived.
That was when I noticed that "Microsoft Excel.app" was in the /Applications folder instead of the "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011", so I moved the Microsoft Excel.app back into the office folder and wallah it all works as intended.
Hopefully that will help yourself and others with this obscure problem.
Cheers
Keith

Can you open with Pages documents that were created in a 2004 version of Microsoft word for Mac?

Can you open in Pages documents that were created in a 2004 version of Microsoft Word for Mac?

Pages '09 will open .doc files from Word 2004. The Mac OS is not what is in question. Pages '09 opens Word 2004 documents and if the same version of Pages will run in Lion and in Mountain Lion ..... Thats all that matters.
I trust you were using MS Office 2004 and would now like to buy Pages?

Issues with Microsoft Word for mac closing when I try to open old or newly downloaded documents

When I download a document from my professor, or try to open an older document, my word automatically quits. If it's already closed and I try to open a document, it will show the dot at the bottom of the icon that it's loading to open but it quickly disappears and quits itself. Is anyone else experiencing this issue or know what I can do to fix it? Thanks.
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Microsoft Word for mac 2011
OS X Yosemite 10.10

Message was edited by: leroydouglas
better yet, try this solution:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12351186#12351186

I have Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, version 14.3.1. When I try to open a document, an error occurs, says file type is "blocked from opening in this version." This was NOT immediately after a version update. Any ideas? Thank you.

I have Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, version 14.3.1. When I try to open a document, an error occurs, says file type is "blocked from opening in this version." This was NOT immediately after a version update. Any ideas? Thank you.

Take a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953266
If that doesn't help, I'd suggest you take up the question in Microsoft's own forums or with Microsoft support.
Regards.

When attempting to open a hyperlink to a PDF file on the web from a Microsoft WORD for Mac 2011 (14.3.9) document, Safari 7.0 instead displays the file as text?

When attempting to open a hyperlink to a PDF file on the web from a Microsoft WORD for Mac 2011 (14.3.9) document, Safari 7.0 instead displays the file as text?

As seen in http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/has-the-word- 2011-for-mac-invisible-toolbars/018a3ab6-0570-4ad5-abf8-5b6427fdde3e?msgId=e111b f0a-0e32-4fa3-9536-f349dad8439d
and it worked for me:
1. Quit Word
2. In the Finder's menu bar, select Go > Go to folder and type or paste: ~/Library/Preferences/
3. Click on Go
4. Locate the preference file com.microsoft.Word.plist, then Option-drag it to the desktop to create a backup copy
5. Go to Applications/Utilities and open Terminal
6. Paste the following bold command at the $ prompt (it's a single line):
defaults write com.microsoft.Word 14\\Toolbars\\Show_HIToolbar -boolean TRUE
7. Press Return and then quit with Command Q
8. Start Word and test. If the fix works, trash the backup file in the Desktop file. Otherwise, restore it.
In the original source the author also mentions the change in Word 2008

A friend wants me to put together on booklet that's been done in excel. I'm on a mac os 10. Do I need to download microsoft excel for mac or can I open the document through indesign?

A friend wants me to put together on booklet that's been done in excel. I'm on a mac os 10. Do I need to download microsoft excel for mac or can I open the document through indesign?

I second LibreOffice as it's the most recent fork, however NeoOffice and OpenOffice will also work.
Just say No money to Redmond!
Also the old Ready Set Go! will be having a Lion version out soon.
It's a low cost page layout program (like Indesign but without the high price) and can make booklets etc better, import the excel grpahics from LibreOffice.
http://www.diwan.com/ready/prsg.htm

How do I change the preferred application to open documents from Libra office to Microsoft office?

How do I change the preferred application to open documents from Libra office to Microsoft office?

Select a document of that type in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, click on Open With, select the desired application, and press the Change All button.
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My Microsoft Word for Mac hasn't worked since I downloaded Yosemite. documents can't be save, edited or closed

My Microsoft Word for Mac hasn't worked since I downloaded the upgrade to Yosemite. Documents can't be saved, edited or closed

Hi There,
I have similar issues with the whole MS Office solution since I "upgraded' towards Yosemite:
when I use Cmd+W or the "close" menu option to close a Word file, Word crashes down (I always send a message to Microsoft but I guess this is more related to Yosemite or to its installation; consequence is it become very difficult to close a file, as it re-opens it the next time :-(
same thing for Excel and PowerPoint
When I try to save in PDF format a Word file containing several sections, it produces one PDF file per section - wasn't before Yosemite
Excel crashes down much more often than before because of lack of memory
Well, if someone has a suggestion, I would be grateful, 'cause it is becoming actually boring - and counter-productive !

Use docs on my iPhone 5 when they were created on MacBook Air using Microsoft Word for Mac

I'm looking for a FREE solution for my iPhone 5. I want to be able to read/edit/save on my iPhone 5 the docs I created on Microsoft Word for Mac on my MacBook Air (running Mountain Lion).
I would like to be able to sync the edited/saved docs back to my MacBook Air and be able to open/edit/save them in Microsoft Word for Mac. I really want to make sure that my edited docs don't become unusuable when put back on my MacBook Air. Thanks!
Can someone give me a solution?

Hi,
I'm glad to hear you got the advice here, and we support Office for Windows in the current forum, if you have further question about Office for Mac, I suggest you post the question in Office for Mac forum:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011?sort=lastreplydate&dir=desc&tab=Threads&status=&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=All&tm=1412299054037
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support
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Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
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Microsoft word for mac

Is there a downloadable version of microsoft word for mac book pro

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads
Depending upon your use the free Libre office
http://www.libreoffice.org/
May meet your needs since it can read and write Word format

I am running Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 and all my tasks on my imac are gone. I can create new ones but cannot find my old ones. I have tried to rebuild the database but I get an error message with [-18000] code

I am using Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 and in the last two weeks all my tasks disappeared. I have tried to establish a new identity but the database will not rebuild (error code [18000]. I have tried to restore a backup from time machine but get the same problem. Any help would be appreciated

Not very many Outlook users here. You'll to better asking in Microsoft's Office:Mac forums here:
Office for Mac forums

Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 Not Responding

Please help me; I'm am really scared. My Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 is "not responding." I haven't closed the document yet but cannot click within the document, save, or copy my work after numerous paged. What can I do to recover my work?

Hi,
Please have a look at this KB article and check if it helps:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/180871/en-us
Since this forum is for general questions and feedback related to Word for Windows, if you need further assistance on this issue, it's recommended to post your question to the forum for Mac:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macword?tab=Threads
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool
of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Steve Fan
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Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office programs.

Are there any known conflicts between Mountain Lion and Microsoft Outlook for Mac? After installing, I can't send or receive eMails

Are there any known conflicts between Mountain Lion (10.8.3) and Microsoft Outlook for Mac? After installing, I can't send or receive eMails. Using a Macbook Pro.

Is this a recent problem or has it been going on for some time. If you just updated to ML, you might want to confirm that you've update to the latest MS Office / Outlook patches.

Create a "Do Not Send" List for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011

Hello,
I've been having a problem creating a "do not send" list for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011. Essentially, I am sending out bulk emails and when people want to unsubscribe I have no means to create a list so that no email is ever sent to them again. Because of the number of emails going out, it would simply take to long to search each excel sheet of emails I have and purge the unsubscribers.
Is there any way to create a list of emails that outlook will not send to, even if the names or in the excel sheet?
If it helps, I am using a Microsoft Word document as the basis for my form letter emails, which then pulls the email contacts (hundreds of them) from an excel sheet, which then sends them to my outbox in Outlook.
Thank you,
Frank

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How do I solve the error code -19946, Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011

I'm getting an error: error code -19946
Error
Could not synchronize record: <Message Name> to Exchange server: <Exchange Server Name>
Details
ChangeKey is required for this operation.
Error code
-19946
when using Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011. When looking up the error, Microsoft has a solution for windows users, but not for mac users. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2556352
Any ideas? Solutions? Help!

As Office is not an Apple product, I strongly recommend asking in the Microsoft Office:Mac forums here:
Office for Mac
Everyone there is a Mac user AND an Office user, something you can't say about Apple's forums. You will get the fastest help there and I think you will find the contributors more than helpful.

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