word processing

just bought an imac. why wouldn't they include a word processing program with it? with the cost of the imac i think it's pretty weak that no word processing is included.

i guess im going to have to go out and spend another $50+ for iwork

i'm broke after buying the imac and i have papers to write. textedit is not WP - it's notepad

anyone know a free downloadable word processing program?

PC's dont come with MS Word neither, it's also sold separately. Here are some alternatives you can look into.

OpenOffice
porting: Download OpenOffice.orgAqua for Mac OSX

Google Doc's
http://docs.google.com

Bean
Bean: An OS X Word Processor

NeoOffice
NeoOffice Home

AbiWord
AbiWord

Xpad
http://getxpad.com/


PS: A quick/simple search would have resulted to most of the above alternatives.

Just a note: For OpenOffice, the above link is fine for 10.4 PPC needs, but if you have an Intel computer (which is what it seems), then use this link for Org.

I have been using both NeoOffice and OpenOffice for exchanging file (i.e. Word for Windows), and no one can tell the difference (unless extensive tables).

shades said:

I have been using both NeoOffice and OpenOffice for exchanging file (i.e. Word for Windows), and no one can tell the difference (unless extensive tables...

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...or a logo, or address labels, or simple table, or you're bothered about exact formatting...

Yep, but with the people I work with, the only issue (listed above) is tables, and they seldom use those.