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Switcher - Excel & Word for Mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="ekologik" data-source="post: 607492" data-attributes="member: 42873"><p>if you've tried the iWork suite, you could use that too, except you'd have to save the file as pages (instead of .doc) and numbers (instead of .xls) and then from the final product, file > export into the desired format. if it's a file you're constantly working on then i don't suggest doing that.</p><p></p><p>if you already have purchased copies of ms office for windows then you can partition your drive in boot camp (so long as you have windows xp SP 2) and just load that when you need those files. if you always need those files, then you could run a program like parallels but that's slow and i don't recommend it.</p><p></p><p>you're probably best off getting ms office for mac. 2008 is the current version, but you may want to go into the prefs and change the save options because if you're working with older versions it'll automatically save as docx and xlsx (i think? just adding an x at the end) for the 2008 format, which isn't supported by older versions i don't think. this can be changed in your save options in preferences, for each program though. same for powerpoint.</p><p></p><p>i personally prefer excel to numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ekologik, post: 607492, member: 42873"] if you've tried the iWork suite, you could use that too, except you'd have to save the file as pages (instead of .doc) and numbers (instead of .xls) and then from the final product, file > export into the desired format. if it's a file you're constantly working on then i don't suggest doing that. if you already have purchased copies of ms office for windows then you can partition your drive in boot camp (so long as you have windows xp SP 2) and just load that when you need those files. if you always need those files, then you could run a program like parallels but that's slow and i don't recommend it. you're probably best off getting ms office for mac. 2008 is the current version, but you may want to go into the prefs and change the save options because if you're working with older versions it'll automatically save as docx and xlsx (i think? just adding an x at the end) for the 2008 format, which isn't supported by older versions i don't think. this can be changed in your save options in preferences, for each program though. same for powerpoint. i personally prefer excel to numbers. [/QUOTE]
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