Since the hard disk crash a few months ago, I had not bothered to reinstall a word processor. Most of the writing I do these days is destined for this web site and a simple text editor suits my needs better. However, last week I needed to do some work on a word document, so I decided to take another look at NeoOffice.
NeoOffice is a unofficial MacOSX port of the famous OpenOffice suite of software. Its claim to fame is excellent Microsoft Office compatibility, both in reading and writing documents, and in the general look and feel of the product. All of the tool bars from Microsoft’s much lovedpurchased product are there in much the same places.
Older versions of NeoOffice had some fairly serious problems, notably that they were very slow. This newer version is actually quite snappy, even spreadsheet graphs (a major problem area) are usably fast. It is now much better integrated with the MacOSX desktop as well, and actually looks like a normal Mac application to a large degree.
I think NeoOffice will be added to my list of applications to reinstall after my next hard disk crash.
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Hey Andrew!
Have you considered google docs?
Actually no – how does GoogleDocs work on existing Word documents?
Have a look at docs.google.com. You can import a variety of formats (including .doc and the OpenOffice range). The doc is then stored on a google server where you can edit it from anywhere. Its not as fully featured as Word, but its still pretty good.