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cleolinda

Compocalypse '09: The Pricening

Aug 04, 2009 09:35

computer: betsy, twilight, tribulations, shopping, my mother, family, conversations with my mother, are you kidding me, computers, leaving the house omg

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booraven22 August 4 2009, 14:51:38 UTC

RE: the ASUS, I have one of the Eee mini-netbooks and it comes loaded with a document software that reads Word Docs no prob. And retains 90% of the formatting in transfer.

Been using mine to write on the train commute home. :) Also able to watch .avi files on it and web surf very easily. It comes pretty loaded. Mine has a Linux OS but I've had it a few weeks now and not a single problem. (Keyboard is taking some getting used to because of the small keys- but the portability makes up for it. :)

winters_queen August 4 2009, 14:51:57 UTC

openoffice.org is free software where they have the .doc extensions if you need to move to a computer that does have Microsoft Word. I really like it.

kittygopounce August 4 2009, 14:59:38 UTC

I was just about to recommend Open Office. Nice one =)

Also - cute kitty.

misachan August 4 2009, 15:19:26 UTC

Seriously. My Dell didn't come with Office and I've never, ever missed it. With Open Office you can even create .doc files in different versions of Word! It's like a magical word processing genie.

jwdmeow August 4 2009, 15:22:36 UTC

I was just about to say, my brother runs open office and swears by it. I'm on a mac (my big splurge of last year brought on by Dell's suckitude), so I'm no help.

Lots of good computer buying thoughts headed your way....

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moongirli August 4 2009, 14:52:05 UTC

Okay, I'm a baseball fan (well, a Tigers fan), and that question is nuts.

Aside of that - Try Open Office? Free for the taking, works pretty much the same; the only thing you have to remember if you transfer files between computers (like if you send to an editor or something) is that they have their own slew of document suffixes, and you'd need to remember to rename them to .doc or whatever.

Good luck!

mumford519 August 4 2009, 14:52:56 UTC

Oh, your mom makes me laugh. She tries, doesn't she?
Also I hate that Office is never included and it's too freaking expensive.

maeritrae August 4 2009, 14:55:04 UTC

As people say, Open Office, or if you want to be a Proper Typesetting Nerd, try LaTeX. A bit harder than HTML but totally worth it for long documents.

editornia August 4 2009, 15:15:18 UTC

I *love* your icon! Can I use it? Who made it?

maeritrae August 4 2009, 15:50:01 UTC

ladytalon made it, and it is totally available for use and gackable. :D

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