I have MS Office X

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tahoedrew wrote:
You can download a patch that will allow Office X to open .docx files. Check the Microsoft Office for Mac homepage.

~A

I tried that, it never really worked. v.X also has Leopard issues. TextEdit doesn't play so well with .docx files. It's hit and miss. Often you don't know what's missing until you compare it in Office and see.

Go To Top wrote:
I have iWork 09. Is that enuf to open incoming Word and Excel files? And create new sometimes?

Sometimes. It wont let you save any changes you make, you have to "Save As..." and create a copy of the file.

Things fixed since v.X:
- Can now save file names longer than 31 char
- Works better in Leopard
- Can deal with MS's .docx

I've used OpenOffice and NeoOffice. Both are bulky, slow and clunky. I got 2008 and am actually fairly impressed by it. I'm glad to have kissed OpenOffice and NeoOffice goodbye. 2008 even works well on my wife's PB.