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Office Suites (180 programs)

  1. PROS: Free, powerful note taking software with many editing functions. Tagging, tracking and sorting notes is made simple. Backup your notes to the cloud to retrieve on multiple devices. Supports a wide variety of document formats.
    CONS: Handwriting detection is not as good as competitors like Notability. Current active open notebooks do not sync with different devices. Less formatting features than document editors like Microsoft Word. Notably lacks ability to sort documents within a section by date.
  2. License
    Trial version Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Supports multiple Visio drawing formats. Allows saving drawings as PDFs.
    CONS: Doesn’t display objects’ shadows. Prone to crashing.
  3. License
    Trial version Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Powerful set of office tools. Word is one of the best word processing tools on the Mac. Extensive offline and online help section.
    CONS: Powerpoint doesn't offer Keynote-style cinematic presentations. Lengthly installation. No integration with Exchange and no Outlook.
  4. PROS: Complete productivity suite. Optimized ribbon menu. Handy built-in search functionality. Spell check feature.
    CONS: Editing options aren’t the most robust. No option to change the unit of measurement. Lack of proper updates could be annoying. Not completely reliable.
  5. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
  6. License
    Paid Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Robust editing capabilities. Effortless PDF file management. PDF-to-Word conversion. Supports digital signatures.
    CONS: Not the most user-friendly tool. Not free. Some text highlighting niggles. Several free tools offer similar service.
  7. PROS: Invoice and quote templates. Automation for recurring invoices. Seamless communication features. Generate invoices offline.
    CONS: Lack of advanced features. Recurring invoices don't work smoothly.
  8. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Extremely immersive. Scales well with high resolution. Easy to pick up and use. Aids stream of consciousness.
    CONS: No editing features. Unable to set margins. Occasional auto-wrap issues. Slow exporting.
  9. License
    Trial version Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
  10. PROS: Works with multiple LaTeX document formats. Outline view provides seamless navigation between multiple documents. Autocomplete and autofill functions make entering and executing common commands quicker and easier. One window designs helps avoid clutter and maintain focus while still being easy to navigate.
    CONS: Advanced users will still find working with the CLI easier. No support for templating functions. Missing some surprising basic features such as word wrap. Everything offered is available for free using other software tools; simply charges for the convenience of a GUI.
  11. PROS: Enhances Outlook.
    CONS: Office still prone to instability sometimes.
  12. PROS: Easy to use. 600+ clip art pictures. Ability to add audio narratives to storyboards. A built-in storyboard.
    CONS: Lacks quite a few pro features. No copy-paste support. File formats not user-friendly. Not updated frequently enough.
  13. License
    Trial version Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac
    PROS: Has a single library. Powerful search function. Simple interface. Easy exporting to WordPress.
    CONS: Style editing is done through Markdown. Must manually separate chapters when importing. Exporting requires CSS knowledge. Not good for story development.
  14. PROS: Simple, user-friendly word processor. Opens Microsoft Word files. Support for .txt, .rtf and .odt formats. Includes spell check, and find and replace.
    CONS: Cannot export .doc or .docx in the free version. Limited support for advanced functions. Occasional formatting issues when importing Word files. Only basic support for images and graphics.
  15. PROS: Large selection of document tools. PDF presentation mode. Easy to use interface. Fast PDF rendering.
    CONS: Getting to know the advanced features can take some time. Application can slow down when viewing multiple documents at the same time. Initial set-up of file-sharing services can be complicated. App can only be used on 64-bit systems.
  16. PROS: Fixes security vulnerabilites in Office 2011.
    CONS: 100MB file size.
  17. PROS: Having the icon on the home screen is very convenient. See photos of the people in your address book. Uses your computer’s already existing address book information. Use a picture view or list view.
    CONS: Has a poorly optimized search function. Searches slow after the first 10 are displayed. Address sometimes doesn't appear when image view is active. Tutorial for hotkeys is required.
  18. PROS: Plenty of bug fixes. Installing is not difficult. Makes changes to almost all the Microsoft Office tools.
    CONS: Only useful for people using Microsoft Office 2008. Not vital for the security of the Microsoft Office software.
  19. License
    Free Download
    Language
    English
    Platform
    mac

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