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: - Great New Updates!
I have used the iWork Suite since it was first released. iWork 08' adds Numbers which is comparable to Microsoft's Excel. The other two apps called Pages and Keynote are equivalents to Word and Powerpoint respectively. I use these even though I have Microsoft Office 2008. These are just easier and faster for me to use. I still open office docs sent to me in Office, but otherwise I create docs on Pages. If your an Apple fan you can't go wrong here. If your a business user you will probably want this and Office 2008. iWork 08 is not a complete Office replacement yet, especially if you need to send Office compatible docs to Windows users.
Rating: - Great product
Easy to use full function word processor. Haven't used the other programs. Pages is compatible with Word.
Rating: - So much better than MS softyware
I've only used Pages (MS Word) and Numbers (MS Excel) so far ... however, I've gotten Apple training on Keynote (MS Powerpoint). The Apple software is very easy to use and is very powerful. MS is not in the same league as Apple, and I am very happy that I've switched from Windows to Mac.
Rating: - Not as great as I thought it would be. Rats!
Maybe I haven't really given iWork a chance. As a lifelong user of Microsoft Word, I hesitated before changing. I don't use word processing much lately but have tried to use iWork for making tables and for importing other (non-iWork) documents into the program and working with them. I still haven't gotten the hang of it, although I sometimes succeed. And as far as sending these iWork documents to others without the program, it's been a bit of a hassle, too.
Sometimes the program seems non-intuitive, although this might just be my reaction to the non-Microsoft Word program. In any case, I would like to make it work. So give this a B minus with a possible upgrade to an A plus for the future.
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