[Ham-Mac] MAC software question

[Jacob Tennant]

Will check that out as my new MINI doesn't get purchased until this summer.

Jacob Tennant-K8JWT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Prather" <rprather at mac.com>
To: "Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications" 
<ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] MAC software question


> According to the Apple site the mini comes with Appleworks.  Have you 
> tried it?  May do the job she is looking for and it can read and  write 
> Word files.
>
> Rick
> K6LE
>
> On May 11, 2005, at 2:23 PM, Jacob Tennant wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> "A penny saved, is more money I can spend on radio stuff"
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