Student Buying Photoshop / Creative Suite and Microsoft Office for Mac

[bowens]

WOuld that be compatible with and have the same features as Office? I'll be working on group projects where we'll need to go back and forth a lot.

Try OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org It's totally free and totally compatible with MS Office. I use it on all of my computers. It is also a universal app and has all of the features of Office.

 

[ashley]

I"m going to give this general advice.

If you don't know the differences between PS and Elements than you probably only need elements to start. I realize this is a vague thing, I really love elements its a bit quicker and it doesn't feel junked up.

Yes, very very true. I just got caught up in the excitement of needing something more than what I have, and immediately jumped to what seemed like the best option. Good thing I asked here first!

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Originally Posted by discoforce
FYI: At my university, the bookstore sells most software at the "full" education price and has absolutely no idea that the university computer store sells software at a much lower price (due to volume licensing). Upshot: check more than the bookstore.

It's the same at my school. The Office of Software Licensing is a well-kept secret for some reason. The bookstore doesn't mention them, and the bookstore sells software at regular educational prices which is much more expensive than at the OSL.

Yes - and for anyone reading this thread for advice later on - I hadn't even considered contacting my school until I dug through old threads here. Turns out you can get TONS of software through this program at my school - Windows XP is $25! Seems too good to be true - hopefully it's not! But I had to email the computer department as well - the discount is through an entirely separate department than the bookstore or even computer service. So call/email, whatever.

Try OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org It's totally free and totally compatible with MS Office. I use it on all of my computers. It is also a universal app and has all of the features of Office.

Might as well! Powerpoint is a big part of my projects - we go back and forth a lot. Will Impress (the openoffice version, right?) work just as well as Powerpoint?

 

[mduser63]

Turns out you can get TONS of software through this program at my school - Windows XP is $25! Seems too good to be true - hopefully it's not!

Of course, I don't know for sure about your school, but at my school it's definitely legit. I got Office 2004 Pro (inc. VPC) for $65, CS2 for $200, Macromedia Studio 8 for $120, etc.

 

[discoforce]

Of course, I don't know for sure about your school, but at my school it's definitely legit. I got Office 2004 Pro (inc. VPC) for $65, CS2 for $200, Macromedia Studio 8 for $120, etc.

Legit at mine as well, though it's wild to see how much the licensing agreements vary from school to school (e.g., MS Office might be $60 at one school and free at another).

Ah, educational discounts. This is why I plan to never leave university life