HT202879: About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility

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Q: I am switching to Apple macbook pro from Windows laptop.  Is Apple compatible with Microsoft Office?  How can I transport from Windows to Mac?  What I have saved on external hardrives, will I be able to open it on Mac?

I am switching to Apple macbook pro from Windows laptop.  Is Apple compatible with Microsoft Office?  How can I transport from Windows to Mac?  What I have saved on external hardrives, will I be able to open it on Mac?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 15, 2014 12:18 PM

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  • by BobTheFisherman,Solvedanswer

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Feb 15, 2014 12:36 PM in response to JX68
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    Feb 15, 2014 12:36 PM in response to JX68

    Office for Mac, http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products, can open/edit/create Office documents.If your external drive is formatted NTFS then you can copy the Office documents to your computer and work on them. You won't be able to save the files back to your NTFS formatted drive. But you will be able to save the documents to your internal drive. You can move all the external files to your internal drive then format the external drive for Apple. Then you can copy the files back to your external drive for ongoing use.