using microsoft office I've always had a PC and am thinking of switching - how easy is it to use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, and Outlook) on the Mac and to email those files to PC users? I work from home a lot and want to make sure I don't run into trouble. using microsoft office I've always had a PC and am thinking of switching - how easy is it to use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, and Outlook) on the Mac and to email those files to PC... » Read More using microsoft office I've always had a PC and am thinking of switching - how easy is it to use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, and Outlook) on the Mac and to email those files to PC users? I work from home a lot and want to make sure I don't run into trouble. « Show Less
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Don't bother buying MS Office for the Mac. Try NeoOffice (www.neooffice.com) instead. You can get it free and it's compatible with MS document formats.
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Once you get used to the slightly different keyboard, you will love using a Mac for Office. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is absolutely compatible with other versions of Office (make sure you have the latest updates installed if you work with Office 2007 (and its new "Microsoft Office Open XML" format files). Apple's Mac OS X "aqua" look and feel looks great! Try it out at any Apple or CompUSA store -- they almost always have Office 2004 installed.Microsoft has a demo to try before you buy if you want to try it on your new Mac.Don't buy the Professional Edition. The new Parallels software makes it obsolete. You can also run your PC version of Office using Parallels (under your copy of XP) and be assured of compatibility. Once you get used to the slightly different keyboard, you will love using a Mac for Office. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is absolutely compatible with other versions of Office (make sure you have the latest updates installed if you work with Office 2007 (and its new "Microsoft Office Open XML" format files). Apple's Mac OS X "aqua" look and feel looks great! Try it out at any Apple or CompUSA store -- they almost always have Office 2004 installed.Microsoft has a demo to try before you buy if you want to try it on your new Mac.Don't buy the... » Read More Once you get used to the slightly different keyboard, you will love using a Mac for Office. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is absolutely compatible with other versions of Office (make sure you have the latest updates installed if you work with Office 2007 (and its new "Microsoft Office Open XML" format files). Apple's Mac OS X "aqua" look and feel looks great! Try it out at any Apple or CompUSA store -- they almost always have Office 2004 installed.Microsoft has a demo to try before you buy if you want to try it on your new Mac.Don't buy the Professional Edition. The new Parallels software makes it obsolete. You can also run your PC version of Office using Parallels (under your copy of XP) and be assured of compatibility. « Show Less
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You should look at my review I always had a Windows PC it is good I bought it 4 my my Mac Book Pro and it is decent.
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I just contacted Apple after installing Lion and finding out-to my dismay-that Office 2004 & earlier aren't supported (PowerPC based). The reviews of Office 2011 don't look like that version is stable. So, if I buy 2008, I actually have to uninstall Lion and re-install Snow Leopard? Apple's solution was to buy the upgrade of office or reinstall Snow Leopard-which they said was "very difficult". This is absolutely unacceptable! When I asked whether it was an oversight or intentional that PowerPC wasn't supported by Lion, I got "I don't know, I don't have communication with the developers". Pages won't open office documents either. So...given the choices, I am extraordinarily disappointed with Apple on this one and hope they will come up with a solution, upgrade or patch that works. In the meantime, Try downloading Neo Office for free. It works with Lion even though it is a very basic word processing system. Anybody at Apple listening?
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I actually just purchased office. When I purchased the laptop it didn't come with office. The little I've used Word and Excel has been good. It didn't slow the computer down at all.
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Not sure how to answer that, exactly. Word and Excel work fine with my new Dell desktop windows 7. Except for Outlook, which is horrible piece of garbage I removed and installed from a copy of Office 2007.
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My iMac Will Be Coming With Microsoft Office. It Includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher Access, SkyDrive And Skype. It Also Gives You An Hour Worth Of Skype Calls Per Month. The Program Renews Automatically So That You Don't Have To Worry About Anything.
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You can buy (or rent from Microsoft) versions of Office for MAC. There's also the Pages Suite from Apple in the app store which while short of Office's features, gives you similar functionality
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Microsoft has stated that there is no plan to release MS Office 2013 for Mac, only an update that would enable Microsoft's cloud storage option. Your free upgrade would presumably apply to the next Mac version, when it ultimately is delivered.
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I had to install Microsoft Office separately. There are some applications that were included but since I'm more comfortable with Word, I wanted to continue using those programs for recordkeeping and letter writing.
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No, you cannot not. Apple and Windows run on two different operating systems. Microsoft Office is incompatible with all Apple products. With that said, there are plenty of apps that can import Window Office documents and you can work on them, but it is not officially a Microsoft Office app.
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Yes. There are the basic microsoft office programs like all those you mentioned above. Keep in mind the other programs like access that are a part of the MS Office family for windows are not available for mac. For those situations you may run a virtual machine on your mac. Other programs in case you're interested like SPSS are also not available for mac but as mentioned previosly you may run them through a virtual machine.
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I'm not really sure I understand the question. Excel is a standalone product. I don't know how you would use it with the other components? Office bundles it with Word and Power Point but they do not interact. You do not need any other software to run Excel. It's a great product, I use it for everything. I especially love the sort feature. Let me know if I can answer anything else. FYI, this is the newer version and is quite different from previous versions. While it does do more, I don't think it's as user friendly.
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I found this on Microsoft's website: You can download Office for Mac 2011 in the language of your choice by clicking the link below, clicking Get Started, and providing your Office 2011 product key: Office for Mac 2011 | Download Site (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/office-2011-digital-download) It is not possible to change the language of the Office for Mac user interface (menu items, buttons, or other interface elements) or Help content without reinstalling the software. Language packs and language interface packs are not available at this time. If you have already installed Office for Mac and you wish to use it in a different language, you'll need to completely remove Office from your Mac and then install it using the download site mentioned above.
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A starter edition of Office is onboard, so limited WORD, OUTLOOK, and ONENOTE are useable. Most laptops DO NOT come with fully working OFFICE ready to go. A nice feature is that the usb 2.0 can be upgraded to 3.0 via downloads from the gateway website. Verify this via your own research.
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What do you need the mac for? Professional videography or photography? If you have the money to spare and get an awesome laptop then yes get it.If you just want to browse and check emails and need to save money then no, get a cheaper pc.I love my mac very much. no problems like the windows pc. My windows pc always has popups about how my program stopped responding/working.The mac is a much easier-to-use system.
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Windows software, including Microsoft Office, wont's install on Apple iMac. There is Microsoft Office specifically designed for Mac products.
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Since Mac and PC are different file structures and associations its not straight forward. you can go from PC(windows) to a Mac(running windows) or a Mac(windows programs) to a PC(windows). Anything else you'd need a 3rd party translation program. I don't know of any that are 100%. Even basic files like word documents don't always transfer properly from Mac to PC unless both do windows.
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There are different versions of Outlook for PC and for MAC. You will need to specify which you are ordering. Also check to be sure that the operating system revision you have is compatible with the software before you purchase it.