Word

[Chippygeoff]

Does anyone have or know where I can get a copy of word 2008 for an Apple i Mac. I need to install this on a friends computer so they can do the same sort of thing as I do. The newer versions of word just don't have what I need. Many thanks in advance.

 

[Jonzjob]

I've no idea what it's like but you could try here http://en.softonic.com/s/free-microsoft-word-2008:mac

Or just google "word 2008 for mac". there's loads of hits on there.

I have always used Open Office on our Macs and it's compatible with Word.

 

[nev]

Try libreoffice , it's free and does most the same things and is compatible with win documents. It may do what you need, if not it hasn't cost anything.

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/

 

[Eric The Viking]

+1 for Libre Office (which is derived from Open Office).

My children have had Macs since they were small (two of three are now married!). We used to use Office for Mac, but it was simply too expensive.

Eldest still uses Libre Office on a PC (and is enthusiastic about it). Daughter #1's husband uses it on a PC laptop (she uses an iPad), Daughter #2 uses it on a Macbook Air, and I use it on Linux and even a version (Open Office) on my Android tablet. My other half is stubbornly sticking to a 15-year-old Mac, with MS Office Mac on it, but I've told her it'll be pensioned off very soon now! She's probably going to get Linux on cost grounds, but it'll be Libre Office, whatever hardware/OS she uses.

Libre Office is best described as 'Office of ten years ago' -- sensible menus, no "ribbons" or whatever other pointless junk -- and it opens and saves in the current MS file formats (and lots of others, such as PDF). Open Office is similar (they are very closely related), but in my experience Libre Office is more robust.

And, as Nev says, BOTH ARE COMPLETELY FREE.

E.