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hzjpmp | Dec 28 2006
Would appreciate any suggestions on making the transition from PC. Links, helpful books, etc. I have worked in the IT industry for 25 years so I am not a beginner but I know I will have a lot to learn and get used to. Any links to info or recommendations would help... links, books, software you find a MUST have, etc. For one thing, I would like to convert an Excel spreadsheet over to the MAC. What is a good spreadsheet for MAC (Office for Mac, or something else) that can handle importing a SS created on the PC. I know I can run Parallels but would like to know what a good SS is on the MAC. Any info would be useful. Thanks in advance. 7 Comments
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 Welcome to the club, so...Submitted by solidsnot on December 28, 2006 - 1:30pm.
Welcome to the club, so to speak. Although Berko pretty much nailed every piece of software that I believe is essential I thought I would provide some links for your easy clickage. As to my opinion about the spreadsheet, I've tried Google spreadsheets, OpenOffice, and Excel. I always end up going back to Excel. It just works and doesn't look like some crazy X11 port (like OpenOffice). Of course, I'm not a heavy duty spreadsheet user so take that with a grain of salt. Here's the list: As to newsreaders, there are many for the Mac. Most of them cost money but Vienna is a good open-source newsreader that is obviously free. NetNewsWire is basically the standard and is what I use after switching from an early version of Vienna. I haven't used Vienna in a while so it may have improved its features and speed but it was slower than NNW the last time I used it. Hope it helps. » POSTED IN:
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