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2004 Mac Word and Word 2003 Compatibility ?
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<blockquote data-quote="leopard-user1" data-source="post: 800229" data-attributes="member: 84156"><p><strong>OpenOffice vs. NeoOffice. They're basically the same thing.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OpenOffice rules! I like <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/" target="_blank">NeoOffice</a> better, though. NeoOffice is just a version of OpenOffice that is more for Mac. I have the latest versions of both, and I think if you want more presentation backgrounds for your Powerpoint presentations, you should get OpenOffice. But if you are mainly doing text documents, get NeoOffice - it has at least double the amount of special characters. Although if you are on Tiger/10.4 or Leopard/10.5, the special characters don't matter because you can just use the character palette. Basically, NeoOffice is better for text documents, and OpenOffice is better for Presentations.</p><p></p><p>Beware of formats, though! Text documents in OpenOffice and NeoOffice are saved with the ".odt" extension by default, while Microsoft Word uses the ".doc" extension. You can change the file's format when you save by going down to the bottom of the "Save" dialogue, and selecting "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)" from the dropdown menu.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="leopard-user1, post: 800229, member: 84156"] [b]OpenOffice vs. NeoOffice. They're basically the same thing.[/b] OpenOffice rules! I like [URL="http://www.neooffice.org/"]NeoOffice[/URL] better, though. NeoOffice is just a version of OpenOffice that is more for Mac. I have the latest versions of both, and I think if you want more presentation backgrounds for your Powerpoint presentations, you should get OpenOffice. But if you are mainly doing text documents, get NeoOffice - it has at least double the amount of special characters. Although if you are on Tiger/10.4 or Leopard/10.5, the special characters don't matter because you can just use the character palette. Basically, NeoOffice is better for text documents, and OpenOffice is better for Presentations. Beware of formats, though! Text documents in OpenOffice and NeoOffice are saved with the ".odt" extension by default, while Microsoft Word uses the ".doc" extension. You can change the file's format when you save by going down to the bottom of the "Save" dialogue, and selecting "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)" from the dropdown menu. [/QUOTE]
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