good software to create documents

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good software to create documents

Can anybody tell me what is the best document creator for a macbook pro is please like Windows is for microsoft.

not sure which one for macbook as when i had the iPad, bought this macbook yesterday, i had pages, dos to go and write, they all did their own thing and then one would do something the other didn't etc.. i do not even know how to transfer docs to go documents to this ne macbook so will have to start all over again.

Many thanks x 😕

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

Posted on Sep 26, 2014 1:40 PM

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FoxFifth

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Sep 26, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Traceykate

If you are looking for an alternative to Pages, 2 possibilities are Microsoft Office for Mac http://www.microsoft.com/mac or LibreOffice which is free, very capable and quite compatible with Microsoft Office files http://www.libreoffice.org

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dominic23

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Sep 26, 2014 1:53 PM in response to Traceykate

Pages

Word for Mac -very expensive.

TextEdit - built-in.

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Csound1

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Sep 26, 2014 1:54 PM in response to Traceykate

FoxFifth's suggestions are excellent, I will only add a comment regarding Docs to Go. I assume that you currently sync DTG to your PC, you can copy the documents on the PC to a USB stick and then put them on to your Mac.

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Traceykate Author

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Sep 26, 2014 1:58 PM in response to dominic23

Hi

Thank you very much fox and dominic. I have word for mac on the other macbook but was told that if i had word for the mac then a virus could get downloaded onto a mac wheres if i didn't it would be safe from viruses, would like that, but i already have documents in the docs to go for the iPad and would like to if i can manage to get them onto this macbook if possible.

Many thanks

best regards

Tracey xx 🙂

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Sep 26, 2014 2:00 PM in response to Traceykate

For the greatest compatibility between your MacBook Pro and iPad, Pages is a good way to go. You can transfer documents easily when both are on the same WiFi network by using the builtin AirDrop app:Mac Basics: AirDrop helps you share items with others nearby

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Traceykate Author

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Sep 26, 2014 2:00 PM in response to Csound1

Aha csound i was typing as your reply came through so thank you very much to you too.

I never thought of that and i am usually pretty good with computers to a degree DOH !!! lol

many thanks

best regards

tracey xx 🙂

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Traceykate Author

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Sep 26, 2014 2:02 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

Thank you ralph most helpful

many thanks

best regards

Tracey xx 🙂

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Csound1

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Sep 26, 2014 2:04 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

Ralph Landry1 wrote:

For the greatest compatibility between your MacBook Pro and iPad, Pages is a good way to go.

Hate to disagree Ralph but Pages compatibility with Word documents is awful, any thing else is better. LibreOffice is free, and in a completely different class if you are using documents that originated in Word.

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Sep 26, 2014 2:14 PM in response to Csound1

I only meant between an iPad and MBP...but yes, Word is not truly compatible with anything, including itself if you dare to use two different vintages.

LibreOffice is good. I have both Word ('11) and Pages on my MBP and iMac so I can open stuff from other people and use Pages for my own writing.

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Csound1

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Sep 26, 2014 2:24 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

Same here, I don't need Word compatibility much so I use Pages, but when someone sends me a Word file I use Word or LibreOffice. The OP is using DTG for synchronzing files to the iPad (MS Office files only) so the iCloud connection may not even matter.

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Traceykate Author

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Sep 27, 2014 12:00 PM in response to Csound1

hi

Sorry but just thought about the dtg but i didn't sync it to a pc as i got rid of my windows laptop when we got the 17" macbook and i had my iPad so never thought i would want another macbook, two in house, but i wanted to be able to do more than the iPad could, so i never synced it to any pc for the docs to go, and i cannot find dtg for macbook, of there is one. There are documents on the iPad which i really want to keep as they are regarding my father who has passed away, i made the funeral service books on it and wrote a poem with a eulogy which i read at the service, so as you can see it is very important to me.

Is the only way to do it by syncing it to a word pc as you said earlier.

Many thanks sweet x

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