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Question

I have an ibook from apple. It is an extremely old computer. The problem is that apple works refuses to open and word is to expensive to buy. Is there any application that I can download for free that I can type on? I need it for school! Thank you. It needs to be capable with an ibook one of the oldest Macs.

Answer 1

it should also come with a basic notepad like program. try searching for it. mine is called text edit.

Answer 2

It would be helpful to know which OS you're running, but here are a few options:

AbiWord

OpenOffice

NeoOfficeJ



AbiWord and OpenOffice are both free. I believe NeoOfficeJ is as well, but I have never actually used that particular version.

If OpenOffice will indeed work with your particular ibook specs, it comes with several other components which make it a very cost effective replacement for the Microsoft Office suites.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 3

Try using one of the open source office programmes. Open office is one thats free.

system requirements are

OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 Mac OS X (X11) requires:



Macintosh G4/400 or higher recommended



Mac OS X 10.2 or higher 256 MB of memory for decent performance. 512 MB recommended.



300 MB free hard drive space for OpenOffice.org



600 MB additional hard drive space for installation of auxiliary applications required to run OpenOffice.org.



1 GB additional free space on your System drive for use as swap space during installation and execution.



XFree86/XDarwin or Apple X11, dlcompat, ESP-Ghostscript 7.05, fondu, and libfreetype 6.2+. The Installer will attempt to detect whether you are missing any of these required components, and if necessary will install them for you.



get it from openoffice.org

Answer 4

You can get a free open office download at the following link. it is compatible with all programs and Macs. You'll love it...



http://www.openoffice.org/

Answer 5

network

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office org

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