“On Computers” column,
Microsoft Office
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What’s missing? A look at Excel for Mac and PowerPoint for Mac — that’ll come next week. For now, let’s just say these are good, and totally compatible — so far as I’ve seen — duplicates of their Windows counterparts.\
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The Microsoft Office suite is de rigeur in the business world, and while there are many good programs that are compatible to one degree or another with Word for Mac, such as Nisus Writer Pro or Mellel, and Apple’s Numbers is a more-than-OK spreadsheet, the fact is that nothing really beats Microsoft Office as an all-around package.\
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You’ll learn more about this in next week’s column. For now, happy reading.\
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— Mark Kellner, The Washington Times
