Mac user (have been since childhood)

I use Firefox most of the time, FWIW. I did pony up for Word (I got a student license, so it wasn't quite so abominably expensive), but I've heard good things about Open Office.

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I've got Firefox, now, which was my default browser in Windows anyway (IE is such crap).

Thank you for the info!

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Sorry not to be more specific, but have fun with your new system!

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Safari is made of fail. Delete that sucker and go with Firefox.

I like OpenOffice. Haven't used it all that much, but it's free, so that's a big ole mark in the plus column. (I myself have Word.) Not too sure about the rtf files; if you can't open them in either of those programs I'd do a google search and see if you can't find yourself a free converter.

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OMG, how do you delete things without a right-click menu?!?

Yes, I am channeling stress into this. Heh.

Cool, I may go for OpenOffice at least for now.

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Depends on the system you have as far as mouse options go. But control key + click works as a right click menu.

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Never used a Mac, but I have been using OpenOffice for a couple of years now. Back when I made the switch, I could convert Word Perfect docs, so I think it should still be possible. It's a pretty nifty program.

And yeah, I would switch to Firefox, but that's me. *g*

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The news about OpenOffice convering WordPefect docs just about made my day. :)

And I'm using Firefox right now--so much less stressful, since it's been my default browser for going on 4 years now.

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Mac geek since 1984 (How scary is that?).

Ditch Safari and use Firefox. Add-on AdBlocker and NoScript (through the Firefox site) and you will never, ever see an ad that you don't want to. I didn't even know LJ had ads until I signed on using my kids' Windows machine. Download Them All is awesome if you are looking for a high speed download interface.

For an all-purpose text converter try Tex Edit -- http://www.tex-edit.com/ It will convert almost any text format into almost any other text format. I use Word for pretty much everything these days, as it's become the universal standard. Newer versions of Appleworks (which typically comes with Macs) will read .doc files without a problem. Open Office is okay and will read Word files (.doc), but the reverse is not true. The .docx files are not readable by Word at all.

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

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Firefox is made of win. I first heard about it from my IT guy at work, and haven't used anything else till now. AND WON'T, since I just downloaded it for mah new Mac. :)

Tex Edit? Hmmm. Okay, I'll look into that.

Really, OpenOffice files are .docx? I thought that was the extension on the new-version-of-Word files....

Thank you so much!

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*points at Alex*
Srsly, she knows ALL. I still pester her from time to time about momentary confusion over my iMac.

I will never willingly buy a PC... Mac's are just too awesome. Not to mention in all the years I've owned one did I ever get a virus. *hugs my iMac (I named him Marvin)*
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I use Safari as my primary browser, with Firefox as my back-up. (I find that FF takes longer to open, for whatever reason.)

The rest of it Geo can talk to you on the phone about, if you like. Some of this, he says, depends on what version of OSX you're using.

I have what I call "Word for Mac," which is pretty much what it sounds like--Word, for Mac. I've got access to the whole Office thing, but I don't use it.

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Yeah, I'm back to Firefox, since Safari was just being nasty to me.

I'm making a list of word processing possibilities, here. :)

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Okay, I haven't even read the book this is referring to, but glancing over that I initially thought His Billing Materials was some kind of clever parody. XD

-JD

Edited at 2009-05-21 02:23 am (UTC)

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ROTFOLOL!!!!

Yikes, that would be...kind of awesome. Heeeeee.

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