Microsoft Word For Mac Mini

[jeremiah2360]

I am not very computer savvy to say the least so please bear with me.

Daughter needs to write resume on my new Mac but it doesn`t have similar program. She is use to using Word. Should I download Word for 150 bucks or is there an Apple product that will do the same thing? She needs to be able to email resume in pdf format(I think thats what she said) when she is done.

Thanks in advance!

 

[dparm]

http://www.libreoffice.org/

Basically an open-source version of Microsoft Office. Similar interface and capabilities. Very popular.

 

[mattwithcats]

iWork is another choice...

www.apple.com/creativity-apps/mac/

 

[uc50ic4more]

LibreOffice

 

[itguy08]

I've hd very good experiences with the iWork stuff (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) in the Mac and iPad/iPhone. Excellent compatibility when exported to the Microsoft formats, and the price is right!

To send a PDF all you do is Print it and then from the Print dialog click PDF and E-mail PDF. Mail will open up and attach it to a message and she is all set.

 

[Rand]

or use google docs.


docs.google.com

 

[Johnny2Bad]

Don't spend $150 for MS Word Mac; you can buy it as part of Office:Mac for closer to $100 in a retail box.

Be careful; there are single-user licence versions and Home Office or Student versions with 3 licenses. They cost the same. Get the one with 3 licenses and you can install it on multiple computers for no extra charge.

Although all the alternatives mentioned above are good options, if she is used to MS Word she may balk at using anything else. Talk to her about it first.

All Macs use Adobe PDF as the display technology. You don't need to know what that means but by way of explanation to work extensively with PDFs in WindowsOS you usually have to install or buy something.


To create a PDF of anything with a MacOS computer, select File: Print
This will bring up a print dialog.
At bottom Left there will always be an option named PDF
Select "Save as PDF" and your daughter has her resume in PDF from any word processing software.

To view a PDF double-click (or right-click like on Windows) the document. She should check her resume this way to make sure, for example, that the last page isn't just one line or something like that. She can adjust these things in the program she used to create the resume.

You can do this with any document on a Mac … photos, text documents, whatever. It's built into the Operating System and comes on every Mac computer for free, already installed.

Cost $0

 

[jeremiah2360]

Awesome info,thank you every one!

A quick search found that the 3 user OfficeMac Home and Student are more money. Need a downloadable version. Thinking of getting it from Amazon and paying a little more for convenience and peace of mind. Am a prime member and Amazon does have good customer service. What do you think?

http://www.amazon.com/Office-Mac-Home-St...c+2011+download

 

[edwardh1]

I like having a disk to keep

 

[jeremiah2360]

My Mac Mini has no disk thingy. Amazon keeps it available for a year I think.

 

[berniedd]

If it is a new Mac, it probably already has iWork installed. If not, LibreOffice is a good, free alternative. If all she needs to do is to write the resume, she can use Text Edit (in the Applications Folder) and save it as pdf. MS Office is mighty expensive to bother buying, if you ask me, as there are free alternatives.

 

[The_Eric]

Originally Posted By: berniedd
If it is a new Mac, it probably already has iWork installed. If not, LibreOffice is a good, free alternative. If all she needs to do is to write the resume, she can use Text Edit (in the Applications Folder) and save it as pdf. MS Office is mighty expensive to bother buying, if you ask me, as there are free alternatives.


I agree.

While I'm no pro and don't use an office suite every day, I have used an older version of MS Office at a previous job, and have both OpenOffice and Libre Office at home (depending on the operating system) and find their office suites to be similar enough as to be plenty intuitive for my uses- light word processing and spreadsheets.

Please, don't spend that much money on something that will likely get very little use, and has other FREE alternatives that are just as good or better (it's subjective, I know).

 

[jeremiah2360]

Quick update. Just have notes no iWork's or anything. Just installed Libre told her to try that when she gets a chance and go from there. Will post results.

Thanks again guys!!

 

[Hokiefyd]

If she likes Microsoft Word, have her sign up for a Microsoft SkyDrive account. The capability of the web versions of the Office apps is quite surprising to me (as in, surprisingly good).

 

[jeremiah2360]

Libre works just fine. She had no problem with it.