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ID008

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Is there anything different or excluded from standard version considering the huge price difference?

I'm about to buy the Student Edition since I'm in real need for a powerful word processor. I tried NeoOffice, Open Office, and pages. None really seem to have the amount of features as Word.

I've also heard the Mac version is not as powerful overall as the PC version. Is this true? Microsoft Office is the #1 program I use for school work and related school materials which is a lot of what I use my computer for.
 
No difference between standard and student.

Have no idea a bout the Mac version, I am very used to OfficeXP so I am using it with CrossOver. Works well.
 
ID008 said:
Is there anything different or excluded from standard version considering the huge price difference?

I'm about to buy the Student Edition since I'm in real need for a powerful word processor. I tried NeoOffice, Open Office, and pages. None really seem to have the amount of features as Word.

I've also heard the Mac version is not as powerful overall as the PC version. Is this true? Microsoft Office is the #1 program I use for school work and related school materials which is a lot of what I use my computer for.
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As far as power differences between PC and Mac versions, I've used Mac Office 2004 in a business corporation vastly dominated by Windows systems for over 2 years. Entourage works great with our Exchange server with full calendar scheduling, and I've created and exchanged PPT, XLS, and DOC files on a daily basis with no compatibility issues at all. I have found no shortcomings at all, including some of the more advanced features such as spreadsheet pivot tables.
 
I will say actually that MS for Mac is a very good buy and nothing is missing with the student version. I will however say that there is a limitation with the mac version that I see on the windows version. On windows in Word you can tell one page to be landscape and the next be portrait. This is great for writing large papers that include graphs and such. I have not yet found a way to do this with word for a mac. The option to change the orientation came under page setup and there'd be a box that says "apply to page only" or whatever.
Anyway for me this is a bummer so I usually go to work and set up my pages then come home and fix whatever else needs fixing.
 
blodwyn said:
As far as power differences between PC and Mac versions, I've used Mac Office 2004 in a business corporation vastly dominated by Windows systems for over 2 years. Entourage works great with our Exchange server with full calendar scheduling, and I've created and exchanged PPT, XLS, and DOC files on a daily basis with no compatibility issues at all. I have found no shortcomings at all, including some of the more advanced features such as spreadsheet pivot tables.
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I have actually run into some compatibility problems between Word(mac) and Word(PC) specifically opening Word documents created on PCs with embedded pictures. I think Microsoft is really going to try to fix this when they release Office 2007 for Mac (in UB as well). I will probably buy then (June I think).

BUT, pdfs are more accepted than .docs, IMO.
 
ChickenSwartz said:
I have actually run into some compatibility problems between Word(mac) and Word(PC) specifically opening Word documents created on PCs with embedded pictures. ...
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We all have unique experiences. However, I have never had this one. To the contrary, I have better luck using my Mac to open Word files created on a Windows computer than using a Windows computer to open a Word file created using a different version of Word:win.
 
Jobs himself has publicly praised Office for the Mac on several occasions. Considering what he usually reserves for Microsoft (publicly), that's a pretty good endorsement.
 
Am I the only one who actually likes Office for Windows better? It always seems much faster to me..
 
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