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January 2008
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The editors liked
Good value for money
Easy to use
Genuinely useful templates
Imports and exports to Word/Excel/PowerPoint
Integrates nicely with OS X
The new Numbers spreadsheet software rounds off this suite
Which offers attractive and intuitive interfaces
Solid new features for image editing
Page layout and printing
Applications integrate well with each other
With iWeb and with Apple iLife
A...
Keynote animation options
Pages simple design
Numbers ability to paste images into cells
The editors didn't like
Pages and Numbers lack some of the high-end features of Word and Excel
Can’t export Open XML documents Min specs
500MHz G4 or later
512MB RAM
1GB disk space
OS X 10.4.10
Lacks an email application
Pivot tables and Visual Basic macros not supported
Good value for money, easy to use, genuinely useful templates, imports and exports to Word/Excel/PowerPoint, integrates nicely with OS X
Pages and Numbers lack some of the high-end features of Word and Excel, can’t export Open XML documents Min specs: 500MHz G4 or later, 512MB RAM, 1GB disk space, OS X 10.4.10
For £55, it’s hard to fault iWork ’08. Keynote thrashed PowerPoint back in 2003, and it just keeps getting better, Pages isn’t a Word-killer, but it’s a good low- to mid-range word processing alternative. Numbers, however, may well...
Users comfortable with Microsoft Office may find it takes time to get used to Apple iWork '08. Advanced Word and Excel users, especially those who rely on specialised features and functions, will probably find Apple Pages '08 and Apple Numbers '08 to ...
The new Numbers spreadsheet software rounds off this suite, which offers attractive and intuitive interfaces, Solid new features for image editing, page layout and printing, Applications integrate well with each other, with iWeb and with Apple iLife, A...
Lacks an email application, Pivot tables and Visual Basic macros not supported, Lacks live, inperson tech support
Although Microsoft Office 2007 offers deeper features, particularly for number-crunchers, Apples iWork 08 is a strong Mac productivity package and a pleasure to use...
If nothing else, and there is a great deal else, Apple gives its users a real bargain with iWork 08. While not as dazzling as its multimedia cousin, this package of word processing/layout (Pages), and presentation (Keynote and Numbers) brings to work ...
Abstract: $79 (single-license); $99 (family pack) — shop for this item Several months later than expected, Apple has released the third edition of iWork, the Mac makers productivity software suite. Returning cast members include Keynote, the presentation prog...
Clean, easy-to-navigate interface; variety of file-export options, including PDF and Microsoft Office; integration with Apple iLife media software; nice selection of premade themes
Minor file-conversion issues with Microsoft Office; no mail/scheduling program; cannot save as Office file natively (must export); no support for saving to Open XML
For Mac users who want the core functions of an office suite without the unnecessary baggage—or high price—iWork 08 is simple, elegant, and easy to use. ...
For around £50 (£15 more than in the US, by the way), you get an exceptional integrated suite for those who don't need the power nor the price of Microsoft Office. With Microsoft's new Mac Office not due until next year, there's a good window for iWork '0...
The new Numbers spreadsheet software rounds off this suite, which offers attractive and intuitive interfaces; solid new features for image editing, page layout and printing; applications integrate well with each other, with iWeb, and with Apple iLife; ...
Apple iWork 08 lacks an e-mail application; pivot tables and Visual Basic macros not supported.
Although Microsoft Office 2007 offers deeper features, particularly for number crunchers, Apple iWork 08 is a strong Mac productivity package and a pleasure to use.
