John, Express is about, $45 and I think Pro is somewhere around $70. I can send a comparison if you like, but, Express is fine for me. Keith Reedy Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift from Bibles For The Blind. http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor. On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:07 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Any idea how much it costs? It might be worth looking into. Keith > brought it up before, but at the time, I had a lot going on here. > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Tim Grady wrote: > >> That should work better than pages or open office, although I would try to >> find Nisus Writer pro on sale. >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Keith Reedy wrote: >> >>> John and all, >>> >>> I recently switch to Nisus Writer Express a great little word processor. >>> >>> Keith Reedy >>> On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:13 PM, John Panarese wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know much about templates, but I'd be curious to know if either >>>> Open Office or Pages will enable one to get around the need for MS 2008. >>>> I wouldn't be surprised if either of those apps will do the job for you. >>>> I know they both will recognize and use a variety of formats and such. >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Managing Director >>>> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >>>> 9 Nolan Court >>>> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>>> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, tvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER >>>> ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, DUXBURY, SEROTEK >>>> AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Amanda wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's a shame. I need to use Microsoft office as I need to use >>>>> Microsoft Templates for work. >>>>> On 23/01/2010, at 1:31 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I don't think MS Office is usable with VoiceOver, unless something has >>>>>> changed I didn't know about. >>>>>> But, so far, MS Office hasn't been usable for us VO users on the Mac, >>>>>> but that's OK since there are alternatives for MS Office products. >>>>>> HTH, >>>>>> Jeffrey >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <pebbles11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:30 PM >>>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Office 2008 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is Office 2008 usable with voiceover? 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