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1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 iWork works the way I work., 2008-02-16
I finally uninstalled everything Microsoft from my computer, and wow! What a difference. iWork opens Word, Excel and Powerpoint files that you already have or receive from other people. iWorks can also export everything you create in Word, Excel and Powerpoint formats so if you need to share a file with someone using Microsoft Office, it's a snap.
The programs are so much more intuitive than the Microsoft suite. iWorks handles fonts, colors and text the way you would expect as a Macintosh user-Apple quality throughout. You have the features and tools that you use most clearly displayed in the icon bar in a very intuitive, efficient arrangement (the folks at Apple actually think about how people use these products).
If you already have the iWorks trial installed on a new Macbook or Pro, all you need is the serial number from the package you buy here to unlock it-you don't need to install from the disks. That said, it is always a good idea to have the disks, just in case.
Apple iWork "08 - Numbers, 2008-02-10
I have been using iWork '08 for a little over a month now, and am very pleased. Pages has helped me get several student recommendation letters written very easily. I have prided myself on generating my own formats or templates, but the ones included with Pages are good looking, work well, and are easy to adapt to my individual needs and style. Most of the work I have done has been with Numbers. I maintain a variety of records, and have found the tables in iWork '06 and now '08 useful for many of them, but have been using a very fine open-source software for records which flow better onto a spreadsheet. That is a very fine program with great versatility, but Numbers is even more fluent to use, and as it runs "native" and not by means of Java, opening times are speedier. Again, the templates give you a quick start, but can readily be tweaked to suit your individual requirements. The "Inspector" approach to accessing various aspects of a document is useful and convenient once learned. A real asset is Numbers' ability to open and edit an Excel file, and then export that work as a file which will be readable with Excel. Pages can do the same with Word. And they do so more readily and successfully than any other programs I have tried. Since Excel and Word are ubiquitous, but also more expensive to put onto a Mac computer than iWork '08, I feel that Apple has scored a bases-loaded home run with that kind of interoperability.
 Keynote: Great, Pages/Numbers: Hmmm, 2008-01-29
I have Office v.X. I never upgraded to 2004 or 2008. From what I hear I don't want to.
Keynote is awwsuuumm. Much better than Powerpoint. Easy, looks great, works. Nuff' said. I'm now a strictly Keynote user as far as the Mac goes. Rating: 6/5
Pages: I'm trying to use it, but I find certain tasks to be, well, clunky. I think there are things that are promising. I like the simpler interface. I like the automatic object line up. I like the inspector, for the most part. I would like a little more customization in the buttons (like more options, or build your own). One grip: I teach chemistry part time, which means I need easy access to superscripts and subscripts, I've got the buttons up on the 'bar', but there is no highlighting on when the button is active or not. I'd like more control over numbered lists and outlining. Maybe a little more learning curve than I like. Rating for Pages: 3/5
Numbers: I haven't used it a whole lot. Graphing doesn't seem to be as complete as Excel. But I think this will work. Rating 3/5
Overall, I think if Apple continues to improve this product, it will be pretty nice. I'd like to see a little more work on Pages (mostly customization on the buttons), but otherwise not bad. Also moving to/from MS Office is a little clunky (import/export?) why not just a 'save as' option?
4 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Apple gets it, Microsoft doesn't, 2008-01-24
I hope Apple understands what they are doing right and keeps doing it. I have multiple computers at home, they used to be windows machines but recently switched to Macs. One of the reasons I switched was the cost to keep legal with my families licenses was outrageous with Microsoft, not just the OS but the Office suite too.
The Mac has a nice port of OpenOffice called Neooffice, but with how cheap the family pack of iWork is I went ahead and got that too. It does exactly what I need it to do, for the most part I create basic documents and spreadsheets and it works great.
I'm pretty excited to use Keynote also for some presentations, but have not done so yet.
Overall a good product at a great price.
Amazing Upgrade, 2008-01-07
Well, I have the first iteration of iWork and I must say that I am extremely pleased that I upgraded. Pages is vastly improved and I love fooling around in Numbers. If you purchased iWork 06, I am not sure if this is a worthy upgrade. If you purchased the original iWork and did not upgrade to 06, this is definitely worth it. Besides, I got the Family Pack with 5 installs for a great price here on Amazon. Go for it, you won't regret it!!!
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