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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Microsoft formats and OSX?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1341060"><p>The actual answer to the OP's question is "no and yes."</p><p></p><p>No, you do not have to buy anything (at all) to read docx files. Text Edit (included with the Mac) can read and write files in that format.</p><p></p><p>For pptx, you will need a external solution. Either you can buy Keynote ($20) and step up to a whole new and better world of presenting, or buy MS Office for Mac, or download one of the free "Office-like" suites (LibreOffice is currently the best supported, or so I'm told).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1341060"] The actual answer to the OP's question is "no and yes." No, you do not have to buy anything (at all) to read docx files. Text Edit (included with the Mac) can read and write files in that format. For pptx, you will need a external solution. Either you can buy Keynote ($20) and step up to a whole new and better world of presenting, or buy MS Office for Mac, or download one of the free "Office-like" suites (LibreOffice is currently the best supported, or so I'm told). [/QUOTE]
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