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.
Abstract: When you hear that Apple has released a new product, you think of a sleek Macintosh laptop, or perhaps a beautiful program for editing videos. But a spreadsheet? Not a spreadsheet. After all, expertise with spreadsheets is the sort of computing skill a...
Apple iWork 08s three applications have excellent comment and mark-up support; the ability to open documents saved in the native Open XML format used by Office 2007 for Windows; Page Layout mode gives consumers much of the capability of professional ...
We would have preferred to see Apple include some layout-only, contentless templates for Numbers and Pages in Apple iWork 08; clumsy way of creating a layout in Word Processing mode that you can make in Page Layout The Final Word Users comfortable wit...
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 b...
Abstract: In the world of Windows, Microsofts mighty Office suite has few (if any) serious competitors. Things are very different for Mac users, with Apples iWork bundle presenting a delightfully different take on word processing, number-crunching and present...
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, Reads Microsoft Office 2007 files
Lacks an email 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.
