what to use instead of MsOffice

[tenzan]

Hello!

What can I use instead of MsOffice?
I need free one.
I see iWork smth what I need. But it was not preinstalled and it seems I have to buy this.
or to use OpenOffice...

thanks,
askar

 

[MisterMe]

OpenOffice.org is free. Download and install it. Check it out for yourself.

 

[tenzan]

OpenOffice.org is free. Download and install it. Check it out for yourself.

thanks

 

[Satcomer]

If you want a Mac OS X kind of feel just use NeoOffice. Ironically it translates Microsoft Office documents a lot better that Microsoft's new Office program.

 

[tenzan]

If you want a Mac OS X kind of feel just use NeoOffice. Ironically it translates Microsoft Office documents a lot better that Microsoft's new Office program.

Thanks. I tried to download NeoOffice at https://www.neooffice.org/neojava/e...file=NeoOffice-3.0.1_Early_Access-PowerPC.dmg

It asks to submit paypal account, but I don't have one.
Do you know where can I download it easily?

askar

 

[Satcomer]

Thanks. I tried to download NeoOffice at https://www.neooffice.org/neojava/e...file=NeoOffice-3.0.1_Early_Access-PowerPC.dmg

It asks to submit paypal account, but I don't have one.
Do you know where can I download it easily?

askar

Use This MacUpdate.com link to get it.

 

[tenzan]

Use This MacUpdate.com link to get it.

Thanks for link. But it offers the patch. Can you send the link for neooffice itself?

askar

 

[Satcomer]

Neooffice 3 direct download link . After that run the patch to get it up to speed.

 

[tenzan]

Thank you!

 

[MisterMe]

If you want a Mac OS X kind of feel just use NeoOffice. Ironically it translates Microsoft Office documents a lot better that Microsoft's new Office program.

How is OpenOffice.org 3.0 any less Mac-like than NeoOffice?

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

When OpenOffice was still at version 2 and required X11 to work, NeoOffice was a great, Quartz-native substitute.

Now that OpenOffice 3 offers X11-less operation, the differences between OpenOffice and NeoOffice are almost negligible.

 

[g/re/p]

NeoOffice used to take freakin forever to load upon initial opening.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

If I recall correctly, that's because back then it was (still?) based on Java... that's why the full name of the suite was "NeoOffice/J," J being short for "Java."

Java's kinda slow. Especially when loading an application suite of that magnitude.

I don't know if it's still based on Java or not... I suspect it is, if only as a container of some sort.