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List Price: $79.00
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Manufacturer: Apple
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Apple
EAN: 0885909140244
Feature: Apple's productivity suite for the Mac, iWork '08 includes three applications: Pages '08, Numbers '08, and Keynote '08
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Apple
Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MA790Z/A
Platform: Mac OS X
Publisher: Apple
Release Date: 2007-08-11
Studio: Apple
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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
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Editorial Reviews:
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Pages '08 offers an intuitive way to create beautiful, media-rich documents using impressive features such as Writing and layout modes, Change tracking, Contextual Format Bar, Automatic list formatting, Graphics tools and templates. Pages '08 supports industry-standard formats to easily open documents from other word processing applications that were created on a Mac or a PC.
Amaze your audience with cinema-quality presentations using Keynote '08 and its new features Text effects & transitions, Action Builds, Instant Alpha, Voice-over Recording, Smart Builds and Apple-designed Themes.
Numbers '08 does everything from setting up your family budget to completing a lab report using Intelligent Tables, Interactive Print View, Flexible Canvas, Import & Export Excel, Charts, Images, Text Labels and Customizable Templates. New Templates - Use more than 80 new templates Keynotes '08 - Text effects & transitions - Captivate viewers with elegant transitions Action Builds - Move objects along a path Instant Alpha - Change backgrounds with simple click & drag Smart Builds - Add photos with sophisticated animations Apple-designed Themes - 9 themes for creating a professional presentation Numbers '08 - Intelligent Tables - Create multiple resizable tables Interactive Print View - Scale and arrange documents Flexible Canvas - Move objects wherever you like with comments, photos and graphics Import & Export Excel - Share spreadsheets with Microsoft Office Charts, Images, Text Labels - Add 2D & 3D charts, photos or a map Customizable Templates - For Home, School and Business System Requirements - Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) processor, 512MB RAM, 32MB video memory, Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later, iLife '08 recommended, 1GB free space and DVD drive required for installation
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Customer Rating:
Summary: iWork Works!
Comment: As brand new user to the Mac World, I was in desperate need for a "Office" suite but refuse to overpay for Office Mac when this is all I really need.
I'm working/importing old documents from Word PC, and it takes minutes to retouch them and most of the stuff I've imported looks pretty damn awesome!
I have not used Numbers, I'm off to discover Keynote, but Pages rocks my world!
The price is as low as it's ever gotten and I have PRIME shipping. You can't beat that.
I'm thinking that some of the negative reviews have to do with people that have absolutely no computer skills at all. I'm not a computer master by any means, but iWork '08 is already a fun tool to use. If I can figure it out, so can everybody else.
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Summary: Alternate to MS Office
Comment: Apple software for word, spreadsheets, and presentation programs. Not as extensive as MS Office but usable for common tasks. Good for younger users to learn basics before using other programs. Economical for word processing, spread sheets in a non commercial setting.
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Summary: Not for users of Office
Comment: We purchased this product after buying a Mac. We have been pc/office users for years and we love our new mac. We needed some basic word processing and spreadsheet software for home use, so we bought this based on its reviews. I have been disappointed with it so far. It's missing some of the basic options that are available in Microsoft Office.
My biggest gripes have been when trying to work with documents that either were created in Office or need to be sent to someone with Office. I tried to help out a niece with her resume, and I found it was missing a lot of the formatting found in Word (ie- the ability to set printing area wider than the pre-set margins, creating bullet characters that weren't dots). When I exported the file into a .doc for her, formatting was lost. I also tried to edit a Word file for someone using pages, and when the program converted the file back to .doc, some of the original formatting was lost (my 2 page document became a 4 page document!).
Numbers works ok, but it's not as easy to use as Excel. I may not be using all of the software functionality, but it seems that simple tasks aren't easy. When I try to sum a series of cells, I have to use the drop-down menu instead of the numerous ways that office allows you to sum things.
I'm sure that I haven't explored the full capacity of these programs, but for someone who needs light duty tools and is used to microsoft, I'd recommend staying with what you know. This is definitely not a program to use if you need to work with microsoft files.
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Summary: I really wanted to work for me, but if you are an experienced Ms Word user, you will find missing functionality in iWork.
Comment: I use both Mac and PC. I am not biased at all. I really wanted IWork to "work" for me for word processing. I was persistent, I beat the learning curve, I used the word processor for about 3 days. I have to say that Ms Word is winner. Microsoft has tons of experience under its belt in this category and it shows clearly.
If you are not an experienced Word user, and only need to type simple stuff you may not see the difference, but I am familiar with most features of Word and they help me with my productivity. Apple's word processor is not World class yet. It does what it supposed to do, but it lacks features that Word gives you for customization and productivity.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not too expensive but enough functionality for most.
Comment: Some users might need the additional stuff that comes with Office, but the price tag is ludicrous for ordinary users who just need basic, functional software. For most people, myself included, all of the extra features included with Office are just bloat which never sees any use at all. iWork is a nice, simple productivity pack that provides a happy medium between basic built-ins and high-end packages like Office. It does everything it needs to without a price tag that makes you cringe. Great for home or student use.
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