iMac Virgin!

Hello

I have used pc's now for many years and I know them nearly inside out due to lots of rubbish, viruses, trojans - I am a complete demon on how to re-format windows! ;D

So, today I am taking delivery of my new iMac, excited is not really the word!

Just a couple of points, sure there will be more at a later stage!

1. I use my pc for my business of manufacturing, I have a very simple invoice system at the moment that will not run on a mac, but I have found a very simple on called Express Invoice and would like to know if anyone has used this please?

2. I am a little confused about Microsoft Office, I have of course many things saved in Excel form and I would like to transfer over to my iMac but I really dont want to pay £200+ for Microsoft Office on mac as I dont have lots of Office documents - our order form is .xls - question is, I have been looking at Open Office, will this do the trick of viewing, amending and saving MSO files?

I think thats the only 2 questions I have at the moment and like I have said I am bound to have more, so thanks in advance.

Tracy

I can answer your second question: yes, OpenOffice (or NeoOffice or LibreOffice, all essentially the same suite) can do this. So can Numbers, but that might be a bit much to wrap your head around.

As for your invoice system, there are lots of options on Mac. I use a program called Billings that I like a lot, a combo time-sheet, report and invoicing program.

For Excel sheets, however, if you have special functions or use anything that is Microsoft Excel specific, there is a VERY good chance it will not open correctly in one of the other apps, or the file will get corrupted.