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- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOfficeHave BothI have both and the short comings are slim but there are a few items that stand out for me. In iWorks there is not a way to use an external database like Filemaker--a user is limited to importing fields only from...
- Tags: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, NeoOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- A quick word on Apple Pages
- This weekend I'll be putting together a gallery and comparison of NeoOffice, OpenOffice for the Mac, Microsoft Office 2008, and iWork. These products have been compared and debated before for their relative merits, but my concern, as with all things on my new Mac, is how easy are these...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iWork, Impression, Pages, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Apple updates iWork '08
- Apple updates iWork '08Not an office suite as such...I tend to use Text edit in preference to Word for writing, because it opens so fast. I always think Microsoft must just write a slow open routine into word as a punishment for owning a Mac.RE: Apple updates iWork '08IWork is...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Apple updates iWork '08
- Apple tonight released a slew of updates for their iWork '08 suite of business applications. As usual, the descriptions of said updates are minimal, with the exception of Keynote which states "This update primarily addresses performance issues while playing or exporting presentations." Um, ok.The bigger question:...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iWork, Performance Management, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Office Suites, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- So what's the office suite of choice for these new Macs?
- We'll see if our town decides to fund the tech refresh I blogged about last night. I think they just might, though, which means they all need to be installed and loaded up with software. Some of the software is easy: teachers have already identified their "killer apps"...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iWork, NeoOffice/J, Microsoft Office, Desktops, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Office:mac 2004 on life support
- Office:mac 2004 on life supportWow, that's crazy.I have never used Office for Macs. I was stunned that this functionality doesn't exist in it. Every single item you listed is present in the Windows versions of Office, at least in 2007, most of them in earlier versions as well (yes,...
- Tags: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, Office:mac 2004, Apple Macintosh, Match Style, Microsoft Windows, font, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Office 2008
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Office:mac 2004 on life support
- Most Mac heads use Microsoft Office for word processing, spreadsheets and maybe even email, but do you really use it? I consider myself an Office power user (8+ hours per day) and increasingly find that Microsoft Office:mac 2004 is bordering on unusable in a couple of key...
- Tags: Keyboard, Apple Macintosh, Spreadsheet, Apple iWork, Microsoft Word, Desktops, Word Processors, Keyboards, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Guess what I'm buying tonight?
- Guess what I'm buying tonight?Watch the RAMYou'll be better off with 2 gigs rather than 1.We have some macbooks essentially a mini with a screen with 2 gigs preinstalled and they're fine, but I would hesitate to recommend it with one, especially if you also want to put Windows on...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Store, Apple Macintosh, mini, Apple iWork, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- iWork '08 - no Office killer 'cause it's not supposed to be
- iWork '08 - no Office killer 'cause it's not supposed to beTwo different markets for two different productsI agree with your assessment, Marc. The fact is, iWork is an $79 package aimed at home users with occasional need for page layout, word processing, presentation, and number crunching. Even the templates...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- iWork '08 - no Office killer 'cause it's not supposed to be
- I picked up a copy of iWork '08, the new update to Apple's productivity suite, the other day and have been noodling around in it since I installed it on my MacBook and my wife's iMac. It's a worthy upgrade for two principal reasons in my opinion: the significant improvements...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, Marc Orchant
- Blog posts 2007-08-17
- Can Apple's new Pages replace Word?
- Can Apple's new Pages replace Word?Word TipGreat review! I'm going to try out iWork. One correction. You can paste in Word without formatting by using Paste Special - Unformatted Text. Thanks for the thoughtful comments on Pages!Pages vs. WordBoth are great products. I personally like pages...
- Tags: Word processors, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple iWork, Microsoft Word, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Apple Inc., Microsoft Excel, lookup table
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Can Apple's new Pages replace Word?
- Storing data in documentsI ordered Apple's new iWork '08 package Tuesday and it arrived two days later. I've had the prior iWork suites but found little use for them as Microsoft's Office suite - which I've used for 15 years - met my needs without a learning curve. But I've...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Small Business, Apple iWork, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- Apple iWork '08
- The $79 iWork '08 appears to be a good deal for anyone needing an affordable office suite for the Mac. Apple has finally added a spreadsheet application. At first glance, Numbers is an elegant no-brainer for anyone migrating from Microsoft Excel. In the past, many Mac aficionados bought Microsoft Excel...
- Tags: Word processors, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple iWork, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Word
- Product reviews 2007-08-13
- Better living without MS Office
- Ten years ago to this very week, Apple called a truce in its market share war with Microsoft. After all, the Mac then had a 5 percent market share or so and the company and its OS plans were in disarray.But the cold war continues and the new iWork '08...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- First Look at iWork '08
- iWork '08 debuts at Apple press eventFrom Apple's Cupertino, Calif.-headquarters, CNET's Molly Wood takes a first look at iWork 08, the software bundle that now includes "Numbers," Apple's answer to Microsoft Excel.
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Apple iWork, Apple Inc.
- Videos 2007-08-10
- iWork (trial)
- Apple's amazing productivity suite for the Mac, iWork '08 includes three applications: Pages '08 for word processing with an incredible sense of style; Numbers '08 for powerful, compelling spreadsheets made easy; and Keynote '08 for cinema-quality presentations for everyone.
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iWork, Productivity
- Software downloads 2007-08-09
- Apple's summer 2007 announcements (updated)
- Apple's summer 2007 announcements updatedApple CustomerI have been a customer of apple products for the past 1 1/2 years now. All I can say is Mr. Steve Jobs, you're doing a great job on all these creations that have stemmed from a hard and artistic background.I want more people to...
- Tags: NEW iMac, Apple iWork, Apple iLife, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWork
- Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWorkOK, let's get this started.First impression: at least its not as god awful ugly as the previous Macs. I know, Macs are supposed to be these beautiful, artsy, some people even say sexy machines, but beauty is really in the eye of...
- Tags: Desktops, OOA/OOD/OOP, Apple Macintosh, IMACS, Apple iLife, Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, Apple Inc., information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWork
- Steve Jobs is on stage at Apple's headquarters introducing the new iMacs. I am sitting in the second row and prohibited from taking photos unless I move to the back row with the professional photographers snapping away with motor drives. Steve looks the same as last time so you...
- Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, Apple iLife, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Video, Apple iWork, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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