My daughter currently uses a Microsoft laptop for university and other day to day tasks. I'm about to buy her a Macbook Air for her 21st.
What Microsoft Office software for Mac does she need or would be best purchase?
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5microsoft.com/mac/office-university– TetsujinCommented Jan 7, 2015 at 13:06
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3And do not let someone at the Apple store tell you that iWork can substitute. It cannot at that level.– Tom GeweckeCommented Jan 7, 2015 at 13:27
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LibreOffice may work as a substitute, but iWork certainly won't.– 0942v8653Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 13:40
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Your Microsoft choices are listed here.
Main differences are, the online version and the fully installed on your hard drive.
Microsoft Office 365 (it is a online app), lower cost and 4 Years access.
Microsoft Office 2011 (on you hard drive)- no need to go to Internet.
Free app: Open Office, does almost everything Microsoft Office does.
I have the Office 2011 on my MacBook Air, it works like a charm (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), but stay away from the Outlook Email, and use the build in Apple Mail instead.
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Office 365 is not an online application - it is much the same as Office 2011, with the exception that it includes updates over the lifetime of the subscription.– ScotCommented Jan 7, 2015 at 20:48