A few Macbook but questions...

Alright, I'm the proud new owner of a new MacBook, and I have a few questions...

1. Is there any program (however basic it may be) along the lines of Microsoft Word for some basic text writing/editing? I can't seem to find one...

2. Is there anyway to maximize an internet window to hide the bottom navigation bar of the Mac OS X?

Hmmm... I had another question, but I can't remember it. Thanks for any help you can give me!

 

1. OS X has TextEdit, which is basically a Notepad equivalent. If you are looking for a good and cheap text editor, I would recommend TextMate ( http://macromates.com/). If you are looking for a full blown word processor, you can try NeoOffice, which is free ( http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/es/download.php#download) or simply purchase Microsoft Office for Mac.

2. What? If you mean hiding the dock, you can do that by going to System Prefs>Dock>Automatically Hide Dock. If you mean maximizing a window, you will have to manually drag the bottom right corner of the window.

 

1) You have textedit, neooffice, openoffice, microsoft word, pages, and some I don't know.

2) What budding said.

 

Thanks guys... I appreciate it!

 

When I first got my MacBook I was always preoccupied with having FireFox take up the WHOLE screen. Now I can appreciate why it doesn't.

 

adding on to that, is there a free powerpoint application on the web?

 

^ Isn't that included with NeoOffice?

 

It is? I wasnt really sure. Because I do need powerpoint and word but dont want to shell out $150 to get them.

 

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/features.php

NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office.

NeoOffice 2.2.3 includes all of the features in OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 and includes many of the features that Microsoft Office 2008 includes. However, since NeoOffice is funded entirely by the time and money donated by our users, NeoOffice may not support some of the more complex Microsoft Office features or documents. For a more detailed comparison of NeoOffice to Microsoft Office 2008, please read our NeoOffice 2.2.3 Feature Comparison.

 

Tell me about it... In the beginning I tried to maximise everything. Now, I can't be asked. I appreciate to see some parts of my beautiful desktop wallpapers while working on apps.

 

Yes, I do not maximize my windows either. People who are new to mac usually ask"Why cannot my window be maximized?" Well, as time going, you will find that it is unnecessary to maximize the whole window. You will find the beauty of not maximizing the whole window

 

I'm just considering a MBP, basically for the display, so please forgive, but I've got to ask ----

You mean I can't maximize an application?

Why on earth not? As a photographer I want to display as much of an image I'm working on as possible. On a laptop so little screen space is available to begin with I can't understand why I would need to have a bunch of clutter wasting space. Is there anyway around this?

Thanks
Doug

 

^ OSX won't arbitrarily limit what you *need to* see on the screen----on word processing, photo/video editing programs, adobe viewer, etc., the green button will maximize the application window, and you won't be wasting any screen space.

In other words, the purpose of the green button on the left-hand corner of each window in OSX is that by clicking it, you adjust the view to 'optimal size'.

That means, windows with screen-size 'stuff' on them will expand to cover the whole screen, when you click the green button, because *that's* the optimal size they require. (They'll often open like that anyhow.) A web browser will adjust to optimal width; finder will adjust to a window size suitable to the number of items you have in a folder, etc.