I am a high school student, will this be good for be doing Word documents and such?
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The Surface has a full version of Office so you can create word documents. The struggle may come with the keyboard. I have the type cover and it's ok but the Surface's best use is for Skype, surfing, and reading. It has a USB connection so you can connect a keyboard. If you are looking for a device to publish documents you may be better off with an inexpensive laptop. I consider the Surface a toy.
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Yes! It has microsoft word, office, and powerpoint. I haven't started school yet so I havent been able to experiment with everything but when i have typed and stuff it was just like using my laptop.
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Absolutely perfect for school - Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, OneNote, Excel and PowerPoint) are included at no charge and update to the most current version. OneNote is perfect for all your drafts and class notes! Everything can be set to save automatically to the cloud (OneDrive) whenever you're on WiFi. All of your research and class needs should be met. There are free apps for Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and PDF markup. And there are a variety of fun & useful apps.
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It's not bad, but it is a little different than a laptop. The screen is smaller and the keyboard is flat. I would recommend going to a local store of some kind just to get a personal feel of the keyboard before ordering.
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I use it with InDesign and Photoshop a lot and for the most part it is pretty speedy--I tend to have lots of photos and a couple of documents open all at once. If 16 gigabytes RAM had been an option I would have gotten it, but I haven't had any problems so far.
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definitely! its perfect for a college student. its portable and pretty efficient. it runs windows 8 OS so you need to consider that in respect of applications you want to run (windows 8 compatible versions may be required)
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The machine is old, but if your MacBook runs Word, then you can probably transfer the document to it. I have always been a PC user and that is what is used in my district.
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Assuming the student knows how to use a flash drive it should be fine. It will probably not take very much of a beating though and should be handled with reasonable care.
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Not exactly sure..it works well. I use it in a school to make old documents editable
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Can you put a word processor on it? I don't want to do all my writing within google docs.
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I m not too sure Liz, but its pretty good .I used in for my son's school folders and it works fine.. hope this helps.
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I think it is better suited for work. I carry an iPad in the tablet slot and a MacBook Pro in the laptop slot. I have headphones in the front pocket and the middle pocket usually holds work papers and any books I might be reading that I don't have on the iPad. I guess it would be OK for high school depending on how many books you try to fit in it.
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yes and it works fairly well. Word and Excel can also read open office spreadsheets and docs.
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This computer is a replacement for a desktop! In that arena it's an excellant choice for a student. It will not last as a daily laptop for battery use in class & at a study hall. If you are the type that uses a tablet for class & library notes to be transferred to a thesis this would be perfect. Decided if you're a single machine student then no. A student who wants the best from their education then this is the main cog you need!
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Just make sure you get the right QuickBooks version (Windows) and it will run it just fine. For a low-priced machine, I like it.
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Yes, it can run Microsoft word, however, you will need to buy it separately.
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It's o.k. for High School, but it's not as mobile as a lap top or tablet. Also does not have a battery so it has to be plugged in all the time. O.K. if it's going to sit on your desk at home. I'd check out laptops or tablets.
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This chromebook has a own application for word but not compatible with ms office, you may have to get documents to go application, that would help you for processing word document
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No unfortunately not. It has a wordpad kind of like the ms word starter on windows 7 but it has way less features and is annoying to use. If you want to save money download apache OpenOffice for free. You can save your documents as word files or any type of file really. It has all the features of ms office too. (PowerPoint, excel, etc.)
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I think you can. Its great for note taking, and you can download the officesuite pro app and create word, excel, and powerpoint. I use this at work and I find it much easier than carrying a laptop around.