![]() ![]() Mac App Store users: some features are not available in the Mac App Store version in order to comply with Apple's Mac App Store security requirements I mentioned these programs are free for everyone, so here's where to find them.Download from either of the following sites: IBM continued support with another update in March. IBM also made the program available for free to the outside world, for a confirmed total of 12 million registered users.Įarly this year, IBM announced they would also donate Symphony to theĪpache project with an eye to combining it with OpenOffice, although IBM migrated their entire corporation (400,000 employees) from Microsoft Office to Lotus Symphony at a significant cost saving. Meanwhile in 2007, IBM's Lotus group deployed Lotus Workplace as a foundation for a new suite with a name reminiscent of the DOS days, Lotus Symphony. Two years ago, Oracle bought out Sun and donatedĪll three products have the same basic applications (word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation program) plus two additional programs, a database and a drawing module superior to that found in Microsoft programs. Package 'forked' (split off) into two other products, NeoOffice (Mac In 1999, Sun Microsystems bought the GermanĬompany and released the software package to the open source communityĪs OpenOffice for Mac, Windows, and Unix. The Unix open source community, you can download sophisticated officeĪbout fifteen years ago, the German company Star Division developed a Word, Excel, and PowerPoint very nicely, thank you. ![]() My Windows friends say "Yeah, live with it," which sums up why Mac users are leery of Microsoft.Īs Unix users have known for years, you can live without Microsoft The old version understood what I'd done the finicky new one doesn't. I separate documents into one partition and applications into another, apart from my operating system ( drives I named 'Huey', 'Dewey', and 'Louie') to reduce damage in case of a catastrophic crash. Paste into the Find field (but not replace) in the menu bar.Īnother problem is Microsoft can't seem to update itself if it's installed anywhere other than the boot drive. Longer paste into the Find/Replace dialogue box (although I can still Word and Excel users who desperately seek help for anything moreĪlthough MS Word 2011 for Mac has annoyances the Mac 2004 versionĭidn't have, the good news is that it isn't nearly as obnoxious as WordĢ010 for Windows or its predecessor, Word 2007. Windows version, but I still have complaints as do the many Microsoft Macintosh version of Office 2011 isn't as abhorrent as the equivalent I downloaded the most recent NeoOffice and waited until I Because word processing files are the lingua franca of our profession, I had to consider either upgrading Microsoft Office or going with one of the free (yes, free as in 'gratis') office suites available to users. Unfortunately, the MacOS 10.7 'lion' operating system no longer supports older applications. Three months ago I bought a MacBook Air, a beautiful, slim piece of sculpture that happens to be a laptop. The last two versions of Microsoft Office for Windows disappointed (and disgusted) me so much, I avoided the corresponding Mac editions, choosing to stick with MS Office 2004. If you'd like a little background and assurance these are truly quality programs for free, read on. If you want free word processing software– or for that matter couldn't care less– skip to the end.
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