Go with iwork, microsoft office on the mac is not accessible, you could also 
try open office, which is free. Iwork is able to open and save Microsoft Office 
files, but if you need to use office natively, consider installing windows on 
your mac.
On Aug 23, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Joanne Chua wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> as i'm getting a new 13inch 2.7 processer mac book pro from my
> university, and i'm fairly new with Mac, and they are requesting me to
> provide them with a list of programs that i want to be loaded, i'm
> wondering what sort of program that is a must for a university student
> to have?
> 
> i've request to have ABBY Reader, and they have perchase that for me,
> however, , i'm wondering with the choice between office and IWork,
> which will be better for my needs? i do alot of word processing tasks,
> also, presentation tasks as i'm also a trainer and assessor by
> occupation. what is the main different between office and iwork beside
> one from MS , and one from Apple?
> 
> any other program suggestion will be also much appreciated.
> 
> thanks
> 
> cheers
> 
> Joanne (Australia)
> 
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