i got a mac as a grad present from my parents.......does anyone know where to go if i want to type a paper?

Question

on windows pcs you go to something like microsoft word or works or some kind of word processor.......where do you go on a mac?

you know how on a windows pc, you use microsoft word or works or wordpad to type a paper. is there anywhere on a mac you can do that? if not, is there any free and/or cheaper software i can buy or download for it? i'm just going to start college so price is an issue.

Answer 1

You can get for free OpenOffice.org. It is a Office clone designed for Unix, Linux, OSX, Tiger, Windows, and more! It is almost 100% compatible with Office files. It IS 100% compatible with files made in OpenOffice. Naturally!

Answer 2

Microsoft Office 04' for Mac
iwork 06'
AppleWorks 6.2.9 (Mac)

I recomend you Apple Works , Microsft Office has to many bugs u can read the reviews down the page from every link I'm giving you here.

Here the links for the 3 products:

Answer 3

You can use Microsoft Office X, which doesn't come with the Mac, but is definetly worth the money. You would buy it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/office2004.aspx?pid=office2004

If you'd like to, download Open Office, which is a free version of "Office". It has the programs that Office has, but is a bit worse, and is free. Here's a link:

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

Answer 4

microsft office 2004 or neooffice for free

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php