best WP app for producing .doc documents ?
in [UK Mac]
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From: Peter on 3 Jul 2010 15:02 On 2010-07-03 17:27:04 +0100, Howard said: > Hi guys, > > Yes .. trying tp get away from Word yet again... but I NEED to produce > good .doc docs for interacting with professional clients etc. > > Pages doesn't produce accurate .doc documents. It changes tables for the > start. > > > So my Q is which word processor produces the best and most accurate .doc > documents ? > > > Howard Have you tried Neo Office or Open Office? Pete.
From: Steve Firth on 3 Jul 2010 15:03 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Yes .. trying tp get away from Word yet again... but I NEED to produce > good .doc docs for interacting with professional clients etc. OpenOffice IMO as long as you install all the terrible MS Windows fonts and stick to those. I've been using OpenOffice for years now to produce Word documents and so far none of my clients have noticed. BTW, if a client is using .doc, "professional" isn't the correct term for them. The accurate term is f[NO CARRIER]
From: James Jolley on 3 Jul 2010 15:34 On 2010-07-03 20:03:43 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) said: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > >> Yes .. trying tp get away from Word yet again... but I NEED to produce >> good .doc docs for interacting with professional clients etc. > > OpenOffice IMO as long as you install all the terrible MS Windows fonts > and stick to those. I've been using OpenOffice for years now to produce > Word documents and so far none of my clients have noticed. > > BTW, if a client is using .doc, "professional" isn't the correct term > for them. > > The accurate term is f[NO CARRIER] LOL. I'm certain that many businesses still use .doc format files for ease of transport between machines though. Doesn't textedit save as .doc?
From: Bruce Horrocks on 3 Jul 2010 16:46 On 03/07/2010 19:29, Colin Harper wrote: >> Exactly the same version of word as them, running on the same system as >> > them. >> > Beyond that there are going to be differences, so the closer you can get >> > to their setup, the better. >> > >> > > Same fonts. Same printers. Particularly the printers, I've found in the past. > Is it still like that? No the printers bit was fixed in Office 97 -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Howard on 3 Jul 2010 16:53
Rob <ngonly(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/07/2010 18:07, David Kennedy wrote: > > Howard wrote: > >> > >> So my Q is which word processor produces the best and most accurate .doc > >> documents ? > >> > > > > Word v 5 or v6 > > > > I gather a new version of Office for Mac is due any month now - could be > worth waiting for. I might forgive the whole blundered mess of Office > 2008 if the new version is reliable. > > Rob Not for that price... H |