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Oct. 21st, 2004 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deviDoes anyone know of a good downloadable word processor that will run on a Mac (OSX) and get on well with Word files? Or is that a tall order?
Edit: I've downloaded OpenOffice and will be upgrading to Panther as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone for your help!
Edit: I've downloaded OpenOffice and will be upgrading to Panther as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone for your help!
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Date: 2004-10-21 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 03:26 am (UTC)It will indeed handle Word (hawk,spit) files adequately.
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Date: 2004-10-21 03:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:03 am (UTC)It seems to work OK, though I don't actually use it as I also have Microsoft Office itself.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:08 am (UTC)It does on Windows. So it is very unlikely that the Mac version does not.
Goto File->Properties and the word count is on dialogue box along with characters, paragraghs and lines.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 04:11 am (UTC)I don't *like* Word, but I use it because a) agents use it, b) publishers use it, c) lots of little magazines (though not Smoke, kudos there) use it, d) the school where I work (which is the only place I can print stuff out) uses it. Sigh. So the next question is, could Word read an OpenOffice file? And if so, how badly will it get mangled?
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:15 am (UTC)Sorry that is where things get more difficult. It is possible to save as RTF and edit that in word but any clever formatting will probably be lost. Or you can save as a PDF and print that out most places.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:17 am (UTC)Whoops I am wrong. There is an option to save as word file (95, or 97/2000/XP) but I am not sure that I have ever trusted it enough to use it. :(
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:39 am (UTC)So you just keep everything as docs and it should be fine.
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Date: 2004-10-21 06:05 am (UTC)Not only does it need OSX 10.2.something where I have 10.1, it also seems to need about five other pieces of software in order to run at all. Looks like I'm here for the long haul :/
I have Panther CDs, but will any of my files disappear if I reinstall? Stupid question, I know.
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Date: 2004-10-21 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 06:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 08:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 08:35 am (UTC)Panther will be a good step up compared to what I've got, anyway.
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Date: 2004-10-21 06:23 am (UTC)From what I remember, installing OpenOffice was quite easy (though it took a while due to the size).
I think the maiin other thing it needs is the Apple X11 Server (which you can get from Apple, and I think may also be on the Panther discs).
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-10-21 06:32 am (UTC)Upgrade is worth it.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 05:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-21 06:29 am (UTC)I don't think Jarte does Word files, just text and RTF ones.
Stein Auf!
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Date: 2004-10-22 04:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-22 05:57 am (UTC)no subject
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