just a little heads up... Like me, if your looking for something that lets you read (to and from) or write (to and from) Mico$oft Office 2004 or for that matter most such programs - here a tip! There is a program out their that really works - at least as good as Mico$oft's Office 200, it's called "NeoOfficeJ - AND IT'S FREE! Not long ago I started a business using my old but trusted Mac and soon found that manufacturers generally use PC and all of that Miscro$otf crap thatÕs packaged with them! And here I was use my QuickSilver and Appleworks ...and not even the latest hardware or software to boot! So whatÕs is a guy to do? Stop what your doing and go out and spend a pile of money - just so you can talk to the person your trying to do business with! NOT ANYMORE! NeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Micro$oft Office. Released as free, open-source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), NeoOfficeJ is fully functional and stable enough for everyday use. The software is actively developed, so improvements and small updates are made available on a regular basis. It is available for free from the NeoOffice download page. See: http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php Or Google NeoOfficeJ >From the start I was not much of a believer - I mean hell itÕs free! Today I am! As manufacturers representative, IÕm forever receiving and sending back replies to materials such as contracts and technical documents written in Word something. With NeoOfficeJ itÕs as simple as opening the document reading it and replying to it - hell IÕm not so sure that some of my clients even know that IÕm not using a PC or M$Õs Word! The only ÒbuttÓ to this tale is a simple one - before you read a document make sure that you have NeoOfficeJ open and turned on - if so - when you open a word document - it (NeoOfficeJ) takes over and translates the documents into (in my case) Appleworks and lets you go to work! Hell IÕm not even sure where M$ Word ends and AppleWorks starts! SO GUYS GET OUT THEIR AND GIVE IT A TRY! Ric ------------------------------------------------------------ --- Jane Sprando <janesprando at comcast.net> wrote: > Any words of advice before I install it? I am always > leery of installing > updates for fear of screwing up something that is > working! > > I receive the emails from Microsoft Mactopia, but > haven't gone to that web > site. > > Jane > > > On Nov 23, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Jane Sprando wrote: > > > >> Does anyone use Office 2004? If so, did you > download and install > >> the Service > >> pack 2 without any problems? > > > > Yes to both questions. > > > > Are you taking advantage of Microsoft Mactopia > resources at: > > > <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004sp2> > > > > Fabian > > > _______________________________________________ > HomeMac mailing list > HomeMac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >