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New MacBook Air won't accept OpenOffice!
Being a cheapskate I have been using OpenOffice for years! New MacBook Air won't accept! Anyone found a free MacBook Word processor that will save files in Word format in case you want to share them w "normal" people?
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I don't prefer Pages, but it does work and it will save files to Word format.
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Maybe time to switch to Google Docs?
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Ok, so you "convert" them when necessary in Pages. Easier to use OO.
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It looks like there may be two other options, LibreOffice and FreeOffice. I don't know anything about either one.
Are you running into an issue where MacOS tells you that the maker of OpenOffice can't be verified or something like that?
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Go to the security and privacy settings and "allow files downloaded from " section, and click "open anyway."
Unless I'm a few OS behind.
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iOS for phones/iPads seems to work for me (especially if someone else is paying) - for the rest, not so much satisfaction given my last decade of experience. Oh, eff the cloud too. Adobe wants to go there with Photoshop, and they already took away my standalone Lightroom. Clouds are for shaking my cane and yelling at, not for my data. mj
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Google Docs works well on my Mac... but I think that's the paid version from work.
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I have Microsoft office for my MacBook. Got annoying converting a pages to word and the format being all messed up...
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That option is not available in the new OS! No more MACS for me!
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Find the program on your computer (in the applications folder or whatever) and right click on it. When the drop down menu shows up, chose "open."
then every time after should be normal.
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Dennis,
Macs are not garbage simply because you can't figure out how to open your freeware. It'll get sorted! Here or somewhere
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