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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pataskala" data-source="post: 697479" data-attributes="member: 59880"><p>I'm sure that this has been discussed before, but I'm buying my first Mac and I need to decide.  I'll be using the Mac for my graduate degree and really only need a word processor that is compatible with the Microsoft ran computers that my colleges use.  I know that you can save files as "rich text" in iWork and open them on Microsoft software, but is this process a hassle?  Do I loose fonts, etc. in the process?  I've heard that Excel isn't very good in the Office Suite for OS X.  I rarely use Excel except for minor equations so there really isn't a need there.  What would I get in iWork that Office can't give me?  Any advice is appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>