yanotkaj

Looking for a MIcrosoft Word program that I can use on my Macbook Pro. Just looking to save files in Microsoft Word and be able to e-mail them.

#1 STUNNA

Lol. You live so close I could come over and install it. But yes you can get office for Mac. They sell it at the apple store at the international mall and at the best buy on drew and 19

Or you can use iWork or apple pages which can be downloaded from the Mac app store. Or you can use libre office which is free.

Office for Mac shouldn't have have any compatibility issues with reading word files but if you make heavily formatted doc files using the other options there maybe formatting and layout issues when you view them in word for pc. So it might be best if yu stick with office for mac.

oo7spy

Save them as a .rtf (Rich Text File). rtfs are compatable across most word processing software.

And there always is Office for Mac. Or VMWare will run windows on your Mac, but you will need a windows install and virtual machine setup.

Whiskers

lol, you started a thread for this?

doopstr

google docs

#1 STUNNA

He needs it for a resume so I wouldn't trust google docs to keep formatting. But speaking of which he can use the free office web apps, which are probably as good or better than gDocs and are guaranteed not to screw up formatting.

http://office.live.com

jupitersolo

Do they have free ad support versions for Mac?

#1 STUNNA

no but the web version is free and works fine on Mac. Office 2010 starter edition is pretty suite though, it covers most people's needs.

cM3go

Of you can always get Open Office for Mac.... free office suite that can save files in MS Office format.

http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/download/

astro

pages. Word sucks.

jupitersolo

Yeah, I saw that when I was looking last year. Was able to buy Office for Mac from amazon.com for about $60, for my wife. She wanted PowerPoint included.

jupitersolo

$20 in the Mac App Store

doopstr

I don't believe pages is compatible with word.

#1 STUNNA

^ you can save pages files as .doc or docx but there's the possibility of formatting issues which is something I wouldn't want to risk when making a resume.

Mizouse

if i were you i wouldn't send a live editable version of your resume anyways. just save as a PDF and send those out.

#1 STUNNA

some places require doc format

Mizouse

then at least lock it out so it cant be edited.