quick question, will the microsoft word programs that i use on my windows computer work on my soon to be arriving ibook? Can i take the microsoft word disks and install them on the ibook?
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Not unless you run VirtualPC on your Mac which wouldn't be that great and costs almost as much as MS Office for Mac.
Are you a student? There are some substantial savings for edu copies of Word to be made.
Not unless you run VirtualPC on your Mac which wouldn't be that great and costs almost as much as MS Office for Mac.
Are you a student? There are some substantial savings for edu copies of Word to be made.
im a highschool student.. are there any word type programs already on the mac??
also, is there anything i should do right when i get the ibook... register it.. charge the batteries.. change the settings.. download some must have programs.. stuff like that
also, is there anything i should do right when i get the ibook... register it.. charge the batteries.. change the settings.. download some must have programs.. stuff like that
oh.. would microsoft word be compatible with microsoft word for mac? like could i open programs from msword for mac using ms word?
MS Word for Mac can open *DOCUMENTS* from MS Word for Windows. Yes, they're very inter-compatible. I trade documents in the hospital between Windows and Mac all the time. 
If you cannot afford MS Office for Mac, then you can...
1) Get NeoOffice/J.
2) The iBook will also come pre-installed with a suite called AppleWorks that has is somewhat limited, but handles lots of basic Word-like functions. So you can try that.
3) It should also have a trial version of an Apple product called Pages. It's part of a two piece suite called iWork. iWork is available to students for about $50, I think. So you can try that and see if you like it. It's able to generate some really neat documents via templates, and also has limited MS Word compatibility.
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Hope you love your iBook!
If you cannot afford MS Office for Mac, then you can...
1) Get NeoOffice/J.
2) The iBook will also come pre-installed with a suite called AppleWorks that has is somewhat limited, but handles lots of basic Word-like functions. So you can try that.
3) It should also have a trial version of an Apple product called Pages. It's part of a two piece suite called iWork. iWork is available to students for about $50, I think. So you can try that and see if you like it. It's able to generate some really neat documents via templates, and also has limited MS Word compatibility.
Helps?
Hope you love your iBook!
is there something that i can download like AbiWord but has things like powerpoint and excel and all that and will be compatible between the windows and mac based computers?
mynameismatt89 said:
NeoOffice (mentioned earlier in this thread) and OpenOffice.org both have PowerPoint and Excel replacements. However, if you've got the money, I recommend Microsoft Office for Mac. That way, you won't just have Word, Excel and PowerPoint replacements, you'll actually have Word, PowerPoint and Excel. I don't like Microsoft (afterall, I use a Mac), but Office is actually quite good, and IMO Office:Mac is better than Windows Office.
dude,i've got neo office and it works just fine, no need to pay all that money to get microsoft office.
alright thanks for the tips.. so are there any other things i should be doing when i get the ibook besided calibrating the battery????