--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If all you need is Word, and you don't need the > latest edition, you might want to look for a > copy of Works Suite 2000, which comes with Word > 2000. You can get it for very cheap--like $20 or > so, maybe less--on eBay. > > You have to do a minor bit of finagling to pry > Word loose from the suite after you've installed > it so you can run it separately, but it's not > difficult. It's a full-featured copy, so you can > do all the editing and formatting you want. It > doesn't have all the latest bells and whistles, > obviously, but that doesn't seem to be what you > need it for. I'm still using it for all my > editorial work.>>
Yes but I need something that will open latest MS Word files no problem. OffWorld > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , off_world_beings > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Does anyone know a good rich text editor that you can > > > > download for free for Windows? > > > > > > For programming, or word processing? What kinds of > > > features are you looking for? > > > > > > > I need MS word documents from students to open, and to ba able to > > edit them, and to be able to do formatting. I have MS Office but I > > lost the disk, and I really don't want to buy it again, since as > soon > > as I can switch all my software over to my new Mac, I will switch > > from using windows on the mac to leopard. In the meantime, that > will > > cost me more than I feel like paying after spending 3,000 on the > > macbook pro (which is working fine now by the way) > > > > Otherwise I just use InDesign for everything like that, but having > > students that only have Word causes issues, because I cannot easily > > edit, and also many of my old files that I use very semester but > with > > some tweaking here and there, only come up in a read only MS viewer > > right now. > > > > I know I have MS Office somewhere but cannot find the disk. I may > > need to buy it anyway, since some students occasionally send stuff > in > > powerpoint. Seems like a waste to spend $200 when I can spend about > > $700 to switch everything to the mac side. > > > > What is the mac version of word and powerpoint anyways? Do you have > > to buy it separate from Microsoft? Anyone know? > > > > OffWorld > > >
