Microsoft Office for Macbook Pro

mick_ · 03-12-2009 6:58pm #1

Hi,

My mate has a Macbook pro but does not have Microsoft Office installed on it. Basically they really only want the Word Processor function.

Does anyone know of any websites where you can download free word processors for a macbook pro? or failing that does anyone know of places that might sell cheap old versions of Microsoft Office for Mac?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated:)

Cheers,
Michael

Sad Professor · 03-12-2009 7:11pm

He could try either OpenOffice or NeoOffice - both are free.

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/

http://www.openoffice.org/

DotOrg · 03-12-2009 8:10pm

i've used openoffice http://www.openoffice.org/ for several years now and would never go back to paying for microsoftoffice. it does everything i need and far more

Jev/N · 03-12-2009 8:12pm

Personally I rather NeoOffice, but both run well

Bonavox · 03-12-2009 10:47pm

I use iWork. Can't go wrong for the price and is a great built piece of software. I do confess to using OpenOffice before and I do agree it's a great office suite.

dubmick · 04-12-2009 9:40am

He could just use Google Docs. Grand for basic stuff.

Ham'nd'egger · 04-12-2009 11:10am

Textedit may do it if it's literally ABC typing and printing you need.

mick_ · 04-12-2009 7:03pm

Lads thanks a million for all the quick replies, i'll download them all at the weekend and see which works best.

regards

Michael

conchubhar1 · 05-12-2009 9:38pm

openoffice

faster - neoofice was around when openoffice was not for the mac, kinda slow and redundant now.....

Naikon · 06-12-2009 1:39pm

OpenOffice. Good considering it's price.
Does nearly everything that MS office does.

Hugh_C · 07-12-2009 11:06am

Another option is using cloud apps like on www.zoho.com
There's a word-like app in there and I think it's free for limited use. I use their invoicing product and it's great.

Hugh

Dublin_Gunner · 07-12-2009 11:25am

Naikon wrote: »

OpenOffice. Good considering it's price.

?? You mean FREE?

Yes, for a price of €0 its excellent.

I have used both the Mac & PC versions for years now, and would not pay for MS Office over OpenOffice

http://www.openoffice.org/

Rb · 08-12-2009 2:31pm

I use MS office.

With that being said, I didn't pay for it, nor would I. It is, however, much better on the Mac than the current version is on PC.

Kbeg3 · 08-12-2009 2:33pm

Hugh_C wrote: »

Another option is using cloud apps like on www.zoho.com
There's a word-like app in there and I think it's free for limited use. I use their invoicing product and it's great.

Hugh

I just signed up for their invoice service. Thanks for mentioning it or I'd have never found it:)

mick_ · 10-12-2009 8:29pm

Thanks for the replies again lads!

I was on to my mate and unfortunately when he tries to download open office it blocks it for some reason. Dis this ever happen to any of you?
It says it does not recognise the software or something like that.

cheers

Dublin_Gunner · 10-12-2009 9:26pm

mick_ wrote: »

Thanks for the replies again lads!

I was on to my mate and unfortunately when he tries to download open office it blocks it for some reason. Dis this ever happen to any of you?
It says it does not recognise the software or something like that.

cheers

Is he downloading the Mac version? (there are separate versions for Mac & PC, one is a .exe (PC) the other is a .dmg (Mac))

Microsoft Office for Macbook Pro

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