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May 28, 2013 I thinking about purchasing a MacBook Pro for school, and I was wondering if I had to buy word, powerpoint, excel, ect. Or if it came with it. If word doesn't come with it, is there an apple one that does come with it, like word, but apples software? If it doesn't come with it I really dont understand why I would buy a mac. If you're the Microsoft 365 admin of an Office for business plan, users in your organization can only install Office using the steps in this topic as long as your plan includes the desktop version of Office, and you've assigned the user a license and given them permission to install Office (Manage software download settings in Microsoft 365). I've bought a new Apple iPad Pro 12.9' - 1Tb to replace my current MacBook Pro. I currently have a 5 user, annual license for MS Office for Mac. Including the MacBook Pro that I'm transferring from and that I'm going to get rid of I've used all 5 licenses.

Macs don't come with that type of apps, so you have to purchase them. There are three options, but there are more if you want to have a look at these applications:

- Office for Mac > http://www.microsoft.com/mac

- Apple iWork, in the Mac App Store.

Microsoft Office Online

- LibreOffice > http://www.libreoffice.org

Buy Microsoft Office For Macbook

All of them are paid apps except LibreOffice, so you can start testing this application. Macs come with TextEdit, a basic text application that won't meet the requirements you want