You might be happy just using Apple’s free Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps on your Mac, but there are times when only the Microsoft Office apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, will do.

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Microsoft MSFT0.73%increase; green up pointing triangle needed a win. Its latest quarterly results and forecast are giving it one. The software titan saw its share price jump 7% in after-hours ...