other word processing apps??

[munkism]

i recently experienced some issues with my Microsoft Office 2004, so i tried deleting the entire thing and re-installing the startup disk. everything installs just fine, but when i go to open any office application, the same thing occurs. so in a nut shell, i'm finished with Microsoft Office. does anyone know of any other word processing applications that i could buy that does fairly the same thing but is more OS X friendly?? thanx.

 

[mig.gentry]

Pages for the Apple branded goodness

Neo Office for the freeware/open source alternative. It's fully featured and does a great job considering it's free

 

[twdawson]

Pages for the Apple branded goodness

Neo Office for the freeware/open source alternative. It's fully featured and does a great job considering it's free

I had loads of issues with microsoft office and then installed neo office. Never looked back its great for what i need to do.
My mac is a microsoft free zone now, as it should be.

 

[PowerBookG4]

Neo Office/iWork

 

[coach_z]

neo office is excellent

make sure you delete your preferences and maybe it might work like normal again.
-chris

 

[munkism]

neo office is excellent

make sure you delete your preferences and maybe it might work like normal again.
-chris

yeah, i deleted EVERYTHING (uninstall to be more precise) and i got the same results. but thanx everyone for the input. small question before i look for it, does is still save as .doc or is it another file extension?? thanx

 

[twdawson]

yeah, i deleted EVERYTHING (uninstall to be more precise) and i got the same results. but thanx everyone for the input. small question before i look for it, does is still save as .doc or is it another file extension?? thanx

You can still save with .doc or its own file extension, and also open docs that you have made in office as well.

 

[technologist]

The Search box is your friend.

Pages
Nisus Writer Express
Mariner Write
AbiWord
Mellel

Many of the above have free trial versions. (A few are completely free.)

 

[zap2]

OpenOffice(runs in X11)
NeoOffice
iWork(they best IMO)
Apple Works

 

[thadoggfather]

question - are there any intel native word-related apps yet?

 

[ashden]

iWork '06 is the only one I know. Next version of MS Office is supposed to be universal

 

[Discerptor]

i recently experienced some issues with my Microsoft Office 2004, so i tried deleting the entire thing and re-installing the startup disk. everything installs just fine, but when i go to open any office application, the same thing occurs. so in a nut shell, i'm finished with Microsoft Office. does anyone know of any other word processing applications that i could buy that does fairly the same thing but is more OS X friendly?? thanx.

What is this problem you've been experiencing? It would be a shame to ditch the best word-processing solution around for an inferior product if the problem is something you could fix easily.