[Ham-Mac] MAC software question

[Jacob Tennant]

Sorry for this slightly off topic question but I need to know something...

The MAC MINI does not come with any wordprocessing software installed on it. 
Presently my wife uses Microsoft Office for WORD & POWERPOINT stuff for 
college classes. OFFICE for MAC costs around $150.00 with her student 
discount, but I was hoping for something cheaper if compatable with OFFICE 
as my daughters computer is WinXP PRO with OFFICE on it plus she has the 
only printer I have.

Found a software package called OpenOffice from www.openoffice.org that 
looks similar to Microsoft Office and says it is compatable.

Has anyone tried this or actively running this software?

Jacob Tennant-K8JWT

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