Yea Pages seems to be mainly for typing normal, everyday papers, which is why it works for me. I honestly have no idea how my dad uses it for his dissertation haha.
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Yea Pages seems to be mainly for typing normal, everyday papers, which is why it works for me. I honestly have no idea how my dad uses it for his dissertation haha.
I figured that I won't get it for anything cheaper than $50. I'll check with my school though
... I wrote my dissertation in LaTeX. Most everyone I knew in college did everything in LaTeX, as well.
Might be because I was in the math department.
Yes; I should have been more specific. Those writing in the humanities, arts, social sciences and law (I'm a university law professor) will almost certainly not be able to use LaTeX. Your PhD supervisor will be in Word (on Windows) and all journals and publishers require you to submit in .doc format. Contrast that with the sciences, and mathematics, and everything should/must be done in LaTeX.
And for the record, I have also tried Mellel, Nisus Writer (Pro), and every other word processor on the Mac, and the closest to perfection (for an academic) among those that I tried was Mellel. It had one massive flaw, however, so important that I could not use it as my main app (bearing in mind that I spend 8+ hours a day in whatever word processor I end up using, as do lots of others.)
I would love to see someone write a truly great word processor for the Mac. Word 5 for Mac was the best I've ever seen (and Steven Poole too). I'm really hoping that Word 2011 will deliver.
Here's what you do.
Find someone with an .edu account:
-Run VirtualBox (free software)
Purchase Windows 7 and Office 2010 and run it in VirtualBox
http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/en-us/default.aspx
Office 2010 is much better than Office for Mac. Then again Office 2011 is coming out soon.
This is not guaranteed to work (the Windows 7 CD is an upgrade disk), but it's certainly worth a shot. Good luck.
Find someone with an .edu account:
-Run VirtualBox (free software)
Purchase Windows 7 and Office 2010 and run it in VirtualBox
http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/en-us/default.aspx
Office 2010 is much better than Office for Mac. Then again Office 2011 is coming out soon.
This is not guaranteed to work (the Windows 7 CD is an upgrade disk), but it's certainly worth a shot. Good luck.
Here's the tips that I offer to people about how to get Office for a cheaper price.
If you're in college, check with your campus bookstore. Lots of universities make Office available to their students for a vastly reduced price. Also check with your department's secretary -- the secretary knows absolutely everything, and might know if one department has a site license that extends to others. The IT guys would know too, but usually the secretaries are easier to find.
If you work for a large company, check around to see if your company takes part in Microsoft's Home Use Program. This is also cheaper than buying Office at retail.
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area or Puget Sound region, you can sign up to participate in usability tests. We do usability studies in other areas too, but since those two areas are where my team is located, we do more there than in other places. In exchange for an hour or two of your time, we'll give you a gift of the Microsoft software title of your choice (or an Xbox game, or a Microsoft keyboard or mouse, if you're so inclined).
Regards,
Nadyne.
If you're in college, check with your campus bookstore. Lots of universities make Office available to their students for a vastly reduced price. Also check with your department's secretary -- the secretary knows absolutely everything, and might know if one department has a site license that extends to others. The IT guys would know too, but usually the secretaries are easier to find.
If you work for a large company, check around to see if your company takes part in Microsoft's Home Use Program. This is also cheaper than buying Office at retail.
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area or Puget Sound region, you can sign up to participate in usability tests. We do usability studies in other areas too, but since those two areas are where my team is located, we do more there than in other places. In exchange for an hour or two of your time, we'll give you a gift of the Microsoft software title of your choice (or an Xbox game, or a Microsoft keyboard or mouse, if you're so inclined).
Regards,
Nadyne.