If you want to stay native with Microsoft products then you'll have to purchase M/S Office 2011. There are many prices depending on your personal situation e.g.
Student price. You might even be able to get a cheaper price thru your company if you work. AustinKinsella1 is correct about openoffice and neooffice. They're free. Just google to find them download sites. Matt Clifton is correct about Apple Pages and Numbers applications. They're about $19US each.
But if you need assurances of absolute compatibility then you'll have to buy Office 2011. You can transfer the files simply by inserting a thumb drive and drag and drop onto the thumb drive and then attach it to your Mac and trasnfer in a similar way.
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