What Office for Mac do you use??

Hello,
Today I was looking for a Mac Office. What do you use?? What is the best?
1. OpenOffice 3
2. Microsoft Office for Mac
3. Apple  iWork 08
4. Apple  iWork 09

michel1993 wrote:
Hello,
Today I was looking for a Mac Office. What do you use?? What is the best?
1. OpenOffice 3
I use this one.
2. Microsoft Office for Mac
No
3. Apple  iWork 08
No
4. Apple  iWork 09
No
and in addition I use NeoOffice.
I see no reason to pay for software that has an equivalent version that is both free and has no issues.

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