Hi Dark, I don't have a copy of Office handy to give you a good answer but I'll do a bit of research and get back with you.
Also, see my other post about audio / media files. thanks and have a great day! Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Sep 11, 2013, at 2:13 PM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: Hi kara. Do you get the same level and access to formatting, references etc? I have some very important documents written in ms word format that I need to preserve and print. I have to use that format since that is what the university uses and while my phd is finished I will be writing articles etc. Other than that, while I really like the mac access to the os, I'm not really sure what actual good having one would have over what I have now, (indeed in terms of media file management I would be concerned that a mac would be a worse option). Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A Note to XP users > Office for Mac is not currently accessible. However, the iWork suite is, and > there are other ways with which to open office documents. > > YOu can access Excel files both with native OSX support as well as using > Numbers, which is a part of iWork. > > ONe of the easiest ways to work with rtf and Word docs is to simply use > TextEdit which comes free with OSX. > > Also, PDFs are readily accessible right from within OSX as well. > > If all else fails, you can either run Windows using BootCamp or a VM and run > MS Office like that. So any way you look at it, Mac is a great platform to > use, and I, for one, am extremely grateful to Apple for the amazing level of > accessibility! > > HTH and have a great day! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 1:41 PM, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > > well you can get office for mac. > ofcause its harder to move when all your stuff is in 1 os or another. > all my resources are windows based ones payed and not payed. > so it makes sence for me to stay with some flavour of windows. > > At 07:52 AM 9/12/2013, you wrote: >> The inability to access Excel and other Office documents easily is the >> reason I haven't seriously considered moving to a Mac as well. >> That, and the cost of getting a new computer. >> Christina >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark >> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:48 PM >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A Note to XP users >> >> I'll think about that. >> >> For me, I just don't see why! I should! upgrade other than to please >> microsoft's expanding pockets, (and in fairness microsoft should've included >> >> proppper backwards compatibility, after all it's not as if they don't have >> the money for developement). >> >> In fairness I'd need to investigate the bennifits of mac as an os, though >> having been quite impressed with vo's performance on the iphone I do know >> usage won't be as problematic as it would be with the irritating post xp >> interface. >> >> The only thing that puts me off mac is the stupidity with file management >> for audio files, (I've found a way to get folder structures on the iphone >> using playlists but it's not what I'd want all the time, and the fact that I >> >> need something that opens office and rtf documents. >> >> I'd also be concerned that if, as people keep claiming newer windows >> versions have upgraded this, latest that and more numbers in the other >> someone would! be more likely to make something I wanted to do on windows >> than on mac, (particularly since I already have access to a lot of mac stuff >> >> on ios). >> >> All the best, >> >> Dark. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A Note to XP users >> >> >> > Hi Dark, >> > >> > Yes, you can run a Windows XP virtual machine on Mac. You can get >> > VMWare Workstation to run XP in a virtual machine, or you can use Boot >> > Camp to setup a multiboot with XP if you want to go that way for >> > running your old Windows apps and games. Either way the Mac allows you >> > to keep your old Windos OS while running the very latest version of >> > Mac OS and apps. >> > >> > P.S. >> > >> > FYI. It is Linux, L i n u x, not Lynux, L y n u x. >> > >> > Cheers! >> > >> > On 9/11/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: >> >> That is likely what I will end up doing eventually, ---- can you run >> an >> >> xp >> >> vm on a mac? >> >> >> >> I see myself more likely to go with mac than lynux, since mac has more >> >> options for access etc than windows, unless something changes. >> >> >> >> All the best, >> >> >> >> Dark. >> > >> > --- >> > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> > list, >> > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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