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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 862742" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>I don't know who told you the Home/Student edition of Office 2008 was crippleware, because they are wrong. That suite contains the full version of Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Entourage. Nothing crippling about it.</p><p></p><p>However, MS Office 2008 for the Mac (all versions) do have one shortcoming when compared to its counterpart Office 2007 for Windows. And that is the lack of VB macro support which may or may not be important to you.</p><p></p><p>As for an alternative Office suite.... you might consider Open Office 3.X for the Mac, or NeoOffice. Both offer file compatibility and are free.</p><p></p><p>If you need full cross platform compatibility - templates, etc, then you should stick to Mac Office 2008. You also mentioned legal documents, again, I would stick to Office 2008.</p><p></p><p>Like you, I hate to feed the MS Kitty, but sometimes it can't be helped.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 862742, member: 46727"] I don't know who told you the Home/Student edition of Office 2008 was crippleware, because they are wrong. That suite contains the full version of Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Entourage. Nothing crippling about it. However, MS Office 2008 for the Mac (all versions) do have one shortcoming when compared to its counterpart Office 2007 for Windows. And that is the lack of VB macro support which may or may not be important to you. As for an alternative Office suite.... you might consider Open Office 3.X for the Mac, or NeoOffice. Both offer file compatibility and are free. If you need full cross platform compatibility - templates, etc, then you should stick to Mac Office 2008. You also mentioned legal documents, again, I would stick to Office 2008. Like you, I hate to feed the MS Kitty, but sometimes it can't be helped. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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