I finally got tired of all of the bugs and oddities that I was running into with MSWord 2008 for Mac. The final straw was the "can't save file" bug that nearly lost me a good deal of work. I finally cut and paste the section that I could not save to a Google Doc and then had to reset my machine!
So I moved my document over to OpenOffice. What a difference! When I tried to create a .pdf file in Word, I ended up with 14 different .pdfs because I was using both portrait and landscape page layouts in my document. With OpenOffice I ended up with one .pdf, correctly formatted. If you want to know more about OpenOffice check out this site http://www.openoffice.org/. There are a few formatting differences between OpenOffice and Word, but nothing drastic. The help files are very complete and actually helpful! I will create a thesis template in OpenOffice for anyone who is interested.
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Hi Linda! I love your voicethread that you showed me on Wednesday! My mind keeps thinking about all the ways to use it in the classroom! I can's wait to teach my students how to use it and start creating their own stories! I am also going to share it with the rest of my staff since I think they will love it too! Thanks for your wonderful project! I love learning about it! You Rock!
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