It allows me to open and edit most if not all Office documents except that new Office 2007 flavor. It's free and runs on Mac and PC.
But to save you installing X on your Mac, go look at NeoOffice. (free too.)
Be sure to save in Office 6 or such for lowest common denominator file versions.
Bob
I am having a really difficult time. I own a MacBook with Office installed. OS 10.4 or 6 or something.
When email Word docs I create, other users who do not have a Mac, but have MS Word are not able to edit it. At first I sent it as PDF-uneditable for them. Then I checked compatibility and took out the issue of "shadows" and saved as a ...document for their version of Word-that changed the formatting. (I have graphics, word art and text in this doc.) She downloaded software to be able to convert PDF to Word, but still cannot edit everything. She wants me to be able to send her a document that is automatically editablein her Word program. She uses Windows XP and Office 2003 or X, something like that. Do I have to get bootcamp, windows, office for windows? Is there an easier solution? Time is of the essence!!!

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