ls> Well, if you have to do work at home, Windows is what you need.
Office for Mac is not 100% cross platform compatible. It's just easier to do it in windows....
TB> I regularly do work at home on my Mac (often using Office Mac 2004)
and have never had a cross-compatability problem taking the files on my thumb drive
or emailing them to work and opening and using on Windows machines and vice-versa. This includes PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Easier in Windows???? Maybe for you.
23 posted on 04/05/2006 10:59:33 AM MDT by TheBattman
Word 2004 is certainly more user-friendly to use for templates than the most current MS Word for pcs. I regularly import and export complex Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint slides and very complicated Word documents. I have yet to have a problem. I also use Office 2004 and find it to be a superior product to office for MS.
I've also assembled PowerPoint presentations (Office X and Office XP -- a bit dated) with embedded video which *DOES NOT* transfer well.
If you search the web you'll find guides for doing cross platform Office work. It's not 100% cross platform compatible.
Granted, this was with prior versions, but the more advanced you get the more problems you run into. Things may have improved with the newer versions of Office....