Increasingly, important content lives in a collaborative wiki, a non-collaborative static web page or web-accessible database, a simple email or IM. But even in large corporate environments, diversification both in production and ultimate delivery means more and more content in destinations other than those which demand compatibility with Word or PowerPoint. In my own case, this is partly due to my move away from a large corporate environment and into an individual practice environment. Secondly, I have found in my own experience that my work is no longer concentrated so strongly into the production of self-contained documents intended for Word users, for example, or self-contained presentations intended for PowerPoint users or live audiences. Finally, a whole set of free web-based services from Google and others (e.g., Google Docs) has now matured to the point that such tools offer a viable alternative to traditional software packages run directly from your own machine. Apple’s inexpensive iWork suite also offers an easy to use, if somewhat less capable, alternative. Free packages like OpenOffice and the more visually Mac-like NeoOffice provide comprehensive suites which attempt to replicate the Microsoft Office feature set. Since the release of Office 2004, however, two things have changed significantly which raise a whole new set of questions for Mac-using mental health practitioners working in individual or small group practices and considering the step up to Office 2008.įirst, the field of alternative and lower-priced suites which perform similar functions is now more viable than before. Our review of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac commented on the history of Microsoft Office as the de facto standard for office suites, and of course that history has not changed.
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