- Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
System Requirements
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
The Affordable Office Alternative!
Compatible with Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint®
ThinkFree Office™ puts professional quality office applications within reach of the most budget-conscious consumers. It includes a suite of familiar, easy-to-use applications for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation graphics. ThinkFree Office effortlessly opens, edits and saves documents into the Microsoft Office file formats. ThinkFree Office installs in minutes from the enclosed CD. No Internet connection is necessary. Users with an Internet connection can take full advantage of the ThinkFree™ Cyberdrive to access their files and applications from anywhere. ThinkFree's cross platform technology enables users to run the same applications on a Mac™ or a PC, eliminating file conversion and compatibility issues. In addition to its cross-platform capabilities, ThinkFree Office also takes advantage of platform-specific capabilities, like using Mac OS X's™ Aqua interface and built-in spell checking engine.
Highlights
ThinkFree Write A powerful word processing application that creates rich, professional quality documents and HTML Web pages. Reads, edits, and save files directly into the Microsoft Word(.doc) format.
ThinkFree Calc A full-featured, easy-to-use spreadsheet application that reads, edits, and saves Microsoft Excel files. Calc can save spreadsheets as HTML for easy publishing as a Web page, complete with multiple sheets, images and formatting.
ThinkFree Show A powerful presentation graphics program that creates high-impact presentations including animation effects, drawings, images and clipart, and is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) presentation files.
CyberdrivePlus Subscription Included Users receive a 1-year subscription to ThinkFree's CyberdrivePlus services that enable users to access their files and applications from any Internet-connected computer. Valid subscribers are also entitled to any software updates, which are available on the Web site and unlimited email support.
ThinkFree Cyberdrive A secure, Web-based storage account which is included with the CyberdrivePlus subscription. ThinkFree applications can open and save files directly into the Cyberdrive with no upload required. ThinkFree applications can also read and write into WebDAV compliant services such as Apple's iDisk™.
ThinkFree and ThinkFree Office are registered trademarks of ThinkFree.com Corporation. Mac, Mac OS X, the Mac OS X logo, and iDisk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, PowerPoint and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brands and products are trademarks of their respective holders.
From the Manufacturer
The award-winning ThinkFree Office is an affordable suite of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics applications. Its powerful, yet easy-to-use applications can seamlessly open, edit, and save directly to the corresponding Microsoft Office file formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt. ThinkFree Write, Calc, and Show allows users to effortlessly exchange files with friends and co-workers using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Its unique, pure Java architecture enables it to run on Windows or Macintosh operating systems. ThinkFree Office features integrated, Internet-based file sharing and storage with end-to-end security.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Anything but Micro$oft Office,
By Uncle Walrus (Plegbania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinkfree Office for Mac OS X (CD-ROM)
ThinkFree Office v2.2 for OS X is a very reasonable alternative to M$ Office. There is one bug that emerged with the OS X 10.2.6 update - when opening ThinkFree write, it creates a odd tiny window 1-2 pixels wide. I've found some workarounds that allow the app to function, though; and the e-mail support was excellent.As others have noted, there are some compatibility issues when importing M$ documents. These can be anywhere from minimal to irritating. The main problem that I've seen relates to the placement of graphics. Calc, the spreadsheet, seems to be the most compatible. I do not use the presentation product, preferring Apple's Keynote instead. Written in Java, I had some concerns about speed. Running ThinkFree v2.2 on a Mac 9500 with a 400 MHz G4 card and a 9600 with a 500 MHz G4 card was slow. Typing frequently outpaced the character display. On the other hand, running it on my 1.25 GHz G4 DP MDD showed no adverse speed issues. The bottom line is that this suite works. Among the alternatives to M$ office for OS X, it is probably the best. The other wold be OpenOffice, which is improving, but you have to fuss with an X-window environment and though they state that anti-aliasing of fonts should work in the latest version, I could never get it to work. It is relatively inexpensive and from my perspective worth a try. I currently use it daily as my productivity suite.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A reasonable alternative to Microsoft Office,
By A Customer
This review is from: Thinkfree Office for Mac OS X (CD-ROM)
ThinkFree Office is solid office software with all the features you would expect to see in a professional package. There is a learning curve as things don't all work as you might expect them to, assuming that you are accustomed to Microsoft Office. The thing that can be a real headache is when documents are not 100% compatible - Word does not seem to have much of a problem importing ThinkFree documents but I've had some formatting issues importing MS Office documents. It can be a great solution if you can put your whole office on this product - what you save is well worth the minor issues you'll have and since your co-workers are using it compatibility issues are significantly reduced.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazingly inexpensive software with expected limitations,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Thinkfree Office for Mac OS X (CD-ROM)
Thinkfree Office is a simple and inexpensive software program that allows you to read and write MS documents without actually owning Microsoft Office. If you can't afford and/or don't like MS Office, for whatever reason, and you're looking for something that will allow you to access MS created documents and share with others, this product is for you. Drawbacks: The largest is that Thinkfree Office does not translate everything. It seems to have most trouble with formating and special fonts. However, it always gets the actual text correct. Secondly, it's also on the slow side. And lastly, it's interface doesn't feel Mac friendly. You can definitely see its roots with Microsoft. I would have to disagree with those who say that the Write module is simply an upgraded version of SimpleText or TextEdit. Write has a menu bar that competes easily with AppleWorks. I was honestly amazed when I saw the features it had given what I paid for the software. MS Office sells for several hundred dollars and is a RAM and hard drive pig. Thinkfree is an exceptionally inexpensive (especially if you buy it used) alternative that will allow you to access MS documents and create new ones. It has its problems, yes, but if you're getting what you pay for. If you want something that works exactly like Word, Excel or PowerPoint then you'll have to buy MS Office.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
