[adamj575]

just curious as to what people preffered in terms of an office suite, neooffice, open office or ms office for mac 2004. i have been using neooffice, and i like it, but i am thinking of going back to ms office 2004 (i really just hate to use anything microsoft) if you have a preference please tell why.

[wataru]

NeoOffice does everything I need for word processing and spreadsheets. I use Keynote for presentations.

[TheoCryst]

I use Pages and Keynote 90% of the time, only falling back to NeoOffice for the occasional spreadsheet (or misbehaving Word document). I haven't touched Office 2004 in months, and couldn't be happier. Okay, I lied: I'll be happier when iWork includes a spreadsheet app.

[peeb]

Pages is sweet for many things, but I often have to edit other people's Word documents. Office for Mac is pretty good actually, and I love not having to worry about compatibility. Having said that, for documents that I write, it is Pages all the way. People love the layouts - it's funny that because of Word nearly all documents look the same these days, the same default fonts and formatting for everything!

[Shades of Gray]

I have Office 2004 and use it when receiving Windows files. But that is less and less as time goes by.

I use Mellel for word processor (because of my need for Greek and Hebrew), and then I have two page layout programs: Papyrus XII for book work (I published a book last year using it), and Ragtime 6 for smaller special layout projects to complement Mellel papers. Actually Ragtime has a decent spreadsheet within it as well.

I have NeoOffice but have never used it for anything of consequence, just to see if it works okay.