If you're unfortunate enough to get an Office2007 document (file extensions ending with 'x') you can find conversion tools on the web. In fact they are not compatible with earlier versions of Office so even if you were on Windows XP you'd have trouble and people need to know better. But of course, if they are running Vista and Office2007 they don't know better. A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
I suspect I am unlikely to really need to get MS office given how little I use it at home anyway - plus if I did need it my laptop is still fine. I got the mac mainly for photo editing. Ad astra per aspera
Is textedit part of it? Ad astra per aspera
It takes a while to open Open Office on my MacBook - you have to realise that "office productivity" software is inevitably bloatware. When I need to write a letter I use TeX. It runs way faster, looks prettier and produces smaller files. A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
the X11 box thing comes up and the textedit but none of the others. Off for the weekend soon so I'll try again when I'm back. Ad astra per aspera
I gave up on it: I use Pages generally, and I have a copy of Office '07 for emergencies.
I wouldn't bother buying Office unless I was actually having problems on a regular basis.
