Apple's productivity suite for the Mac, iWork '08 includes three applications: Pages '08, Numbers '08, and Keynote '08
Powerful word processing and page layout with 140 Apple-designed templates with Pages
Effortlessly create stunning presentations, complete with Apple-designed themes, cinema-quality animations, and voiceover narration with Keynote
Create compelling spreadsheets for everything from family budgets and event planning to invoices and complex financial reports with Numbers
Import and export compatibility with Microsoft Office
Rating: - I use Mac and Windows
Keynote is stellar and wins hands-down over Powerpoint. Pages is intuitive once you get used to how it thinks, very good for many types of documents, you can do a lot more than with Word, but lacks a few common-sense features. Numbers is a first release and needs to mature a bit, but offers very nice formatting tools.
Rating: - You Can't Email The Files!
I love Mac, OK, but not being able to email a file is a HUGE overlook!!
I just typed up a PAGES document and I can't Gmail it or send it via Webmail. I'm upset.
SO WHAT if it's compatible with other programs unless it can be sent to people with those other programs! Thats the main reason that compatability is important in my opinion.
Don't get me wrong, it is a great program. Pretty intuitive actually. But as far as business is concerned...........big pain in the But
I just bought the iWork and I needed to type up a proposal ASAP.
Rating: - A Big Improvement
iWork '08 is a significant upgrade to the Apple iWork line. I have used the product since it was merely Keynote then when it added Pages and changed the name to iWork. I find Keynote continues to mature and while it plays nicely with Microsoft Powerpoint slides it is much easier to use and the transitions are more robust. I often receive Powerpoint documents created on both Windows and Apple operating systems and have never had any trouble opening then nor have any of the recipients had trouble in receiving and using mine.
Pages also continues to improve. Especially helpful is the ability to seamlessly open the new Word format (XML) as well as support for older documents. The ability to track comments including those from Word is a welcome addition. I use Pages for taking notes in a graduate school setting as well as for preparing papers, reports, and brochures. I have used many of the templates and adding new ones for special projects is a simple process. I have not had any difficulty in exporting documents.
I am still learning Numbers, mainly because I haven't had a great need for any spreadsheet program, but what I have found so far is a robust and easy to use program.
Finally many may ask why iWork instead of MS Office for the Mac. I have used the previous version and have tried the newer version as well on a friend's computer which was the same model as my own. I am not impressed with its cost nor its resource requirements. I believe iWorks simply runs better, looks better and is better for my needs for Keynote and Pages. As for Numbers it meets and exceeds any needs I can foresee in the future.
I strongly recommend this product.
Rating: - IWorks is deficient
When I use Microsoft Word to prepare a letter, I select the addressee and using a simple menu, select envelopes. Word picks up the address and prints the envelope.
There is no way to do that in iWorks, thus the product is deficient. I wish I had known about it before I bought it. I've gone back to using Word.
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