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    Best word processing software for Engineering Student

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Supermiguel, Aug 12, 2010.

  1. Supermiguel

    Supermiguel Notebook Evangelist

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    Best word processing software for Electric Engineering Student???

    (money is not a problem)
     
    Supermiguel, Aug 12, 2010
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    I've tried out both iWork '09 and Microsoft Office '08, and in my opinion iWork is snappier on OS X and more streamlined. Microsoft Office has more functionality but chugs along at a slower rate compared to iWork in my honest opinion.

    Don't know how that'll suit you and you're studies though. Hopefully someone else can give you some better suggestions.
     
    Celibate, Aug 12, 2010
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    I'd go with Office, with Word being the de facto standard.

    And you will probably need Excel also.
     
    2.0, Aug 12, 2010
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    +1 for MS Office. I use it daily and have no issues.
     
    RogueMonk, Aug 12, 2010
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    people keep using MS Office.. and keep recommending it, so it'll always stay the main one to get.

    It depends on what your doing though, its not always required even when schools say it is... its usually because its too complicated to explain everything to students or even most of the teachers who know computers work cuz you push buttons.

    I prefer OpenOffice myself. Sure if your doing something very complex there might be some issues with fonts or margins or something if you move it over to word, but its really hard to beat the free price tag. You can always make something and get it ready to go, then use the school computer lab to open it up in Word and make sure it looks ok and fix any other minor issues (if there are any) and re-save.
     
    doh123, Aug 12, 2010
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    LaTeX. Learn it.
     
    Chris27, Aug 13, 2010
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    you can buy MS office FOR OS X? Without having to boot to windows? How much does a basic one like Office student cost and where can I buy? Don't think I saw any at bestbuy
     
    Duster73, Aug 13, 2010
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    ~$120-$130 for Home and Student edition.

    Apple's website, Macmall, Newegg...

    Most places give free upgrade to office 2011 when it comes out.
     
    2.0, Aug 13, 2010
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    If you are at school you can definitely find a cheaper alternative.

    If you are not, on Black friday I got Office for $50. One problem is however that a lot of places put the Windows version of office on sale, and not the Mac version.
     
    xfiregrunt, Aug 13, 2010
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    Yes, because thats what corporate/business' use. Not because people on a form use it. I've never seen iWork in a business environment over ~25 people.
     
    altecxp, Aug 13, 2010
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    I wasn't talking about the forum... or iWork.... just people in general everywhere.
     
    doh123, Aug 13, 2010
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    There definitely are cheaper ways to get it. The Carnegie Mellon on campus bookstore sells both the Mac and Windows version of office for $30. Also, with my internship at Amazon, I was able to get into a Microsoft Employee purchase program and get Office 2010 for $10. For students, I'd also check if your school is part of the MSNDAA program. If so, bug whatever school official is in charge of it and they can likely generate keys for Microsoft Software for you. I was able to get a few keys for Win 7 Pro and a disk when MS was hosting Win 7 launch parties and handing disks out like candy. MS used to also host disk images of their software for download and you would just buy a key. I'm not sure if they are still doing that.
     
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    2.0, Aug 13, 2010
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