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: - Vastly Improved From Last Version
iWork '08 is vastly improved from its last version. It now meets and in some ways exceeds Word. Lives up to Apple's high usability standards. Layout view in Pages is unmatched by other software in its class. Basic word processing is excellent and less clumsy than Word, but not as advanced as Word. Can't speak as much on Numbers and Keynote, but seem like very viable alternatives to the competition.
Rating: - Mixed review
I have this package on my MacBook. I would say, if you are doing complex media work like brochures or stuff like that, it is superior to other stuff I have seen.
But I have to say, after buying this for about $ 80 at the Apple store, and then downloading NeoOffice (a free open source package), I have to say that for the things I do (basic word processing), that NeoOffice is far superior.
One example: format copying on NeoOffice is easily recognizable as a broom icon. I still can't find a similar function on Pages, even though I have used Pages for about 4 weeks. I also could not find out how to change the language of a document in Pages. Pages is just too complex, and I have to say the NeoOffice and OpenSource beats it.
Rating: - iWork 08 Numbers is not an Excel Substitute
Apologies for those not using Numbers, but there is no method to review it separately.
iWork 08 numbers is missing a subtotal feature.
This makes it entirely impossible to use to examine budget data (e.g. how much I spent at the grocery store last month).
If you are looking to use iWork as a substitute for MS Word, you'll be doing okay, but Numbers is simply not a good Excel replacement.
Rating: - Apple iWork Review
Stunning software. Apple at its best. I work professionally with dozens of software, as a designer and photographer, and nothing matches the intelligence, simplicity, and sophistication of this software suite. And at this low price! Any shortcomings are so minor, that they are not worth discussing.Apple iWork '08
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