Looks like I really need to get MS Word on my Macbook: how do I do that? What do I look for in the App store?
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Consuela - Dec 19, 2013 6:32:20 am PST #23419 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
le nubian - Dec 19, 2013 9:57:55 am PST #23420 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
You have to buy MS Office in order to get Word on your Macbook. I think you might be able to get it from Amazon.
It is not cheap. Are you sure you need Word? Meaning: can Pages or Google Docs do what you need?
Jessica - Dec 19, 2013 9:59:56 am PST #23421 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have an Office 365 subscription - I think Microsoft is trying to move everyone over to the subscription model:
megan walker - Dec 19, 2013 10:11:41 am PST #23422 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, they are, which is fucking annoying. Especially since I could get software at in-house prices.
But, regardless, there's no way I want to pay $100/year for it.
juliana - Dec 19, 2013 10:17:32 am PST #23423 of 25496
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Unless you absolutely are required to have Word, I'd go with OpenOffice or GoogleDocs.
Consuela - Dec 19, 2013 2:48:59 pm PST #23424 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Unless you absolutely are required to have Word, I'd go with OpenOffice or GoogleDocs.
Well, I have Open Office and a Google account, but the formatting just isn't perfectly compatible with Word. I tried converting back and forth from Word to OO last summer, and I couldn't leave comments in the text in OO: saving them to a .doc file made them all one comment, all mashed together. It's damned annoying.
DCJensen - Dec 19, 2013 5:38:51 pm PST #23425 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
How about to .docx?
Gudanov - Dec 20, 2013 3:45:02 am PST #23426 of 25496
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If your needs aren't very complex, there's also the web version of Word that comes along with a free Skydrive account. It's actually pretty good.
Gudanov - Dec 20, 2013 3:47:32 am PST #23427 of 25496
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Is the Student and Home version of Word available for Mac? It's reasonably priced, not cheap, but reasonable. It includes three licenses.
Consuela - Dec 20, 2013 6:22:51 am PST #23428 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The version of OO I have doesn't save as .docx.