Sometimes clients send me documents created in Word. I do not have Word, therefore, I am looking for Word alternatives.
a) Should I go with Thinkfree Office?
b) Should I wait for StarOffice?
c) I happen to have AppleWorks 6.1.2. Should I just get Daviz's MacLinkPlus Deluxe?
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[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: Intelligent Dandy ]</p>
<strong>This AW thing surprises me. I thought it was able to handle Word.doc documents. Just tried it me self and it can't. Can someone please shed some light on this. Wasn't AppleWorks meant to be Office compatible?
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Maybe when Apple said that they meant only that it could save files in Word format?
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Maybe when Apple said that they meant only that it could save files in Word format?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I tried the ThinkFree Office demo. It opened the word doc just fine. The doc had a graphic in it that ThinkFree Office could not be translated at all. Therefore, I guess the doc having an embedded graphic is the reason that AppleWorks could not open it. I guess AW with MaclinkPlus Deluxe would be able to open the graphic fine. Guess that I am going with MacLinkPlus Deluxe.
Last time I used it, MacLink only translated text, not graphics, and even then is only "mostly compatible". <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
[quote]Sharing documents is also a breeze with AppleWorks 6.2. With the built-in DataViz translators* , viewing and modifying Microsoft Word and Excel files from other students and colleagues is incredibly easy ? regardless of platform.<hr></blockquote>
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[quote]* Microsoft Word and Excel compatibility provided by MacLinkPlus®, a product of DataViz, Inc. <a href="http://www.dataviz.com." target="_blank">www.dataviz.com.</a> <hr></blockquote>
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