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iWork '08 | 
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Category: Software
List Price: £55.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 77
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: MA790Z/A
Model: MA790Z/A
UPC: 885909140244
EAN: 0885909140244
ASIN: B000BQXTSS
Release Date: August 31, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Great product suite - but not Office June 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a new Mac convert, I have spent over 20 years with PC's, working with the usual Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). This package came pre-installed with a 30 day demo. I tried it out and it is rather good.
Pages (Word) can be used like a standard word processor or like a DTP package, linking boxes of text to flow from one part to the other. Inserting graphics is easy and changing the layout is even easier.
Numbers (Excel) is like a simpler version. A neat thing is if you highlight a group of numbers, it lists the total, average, mean etc at a glance.
Keynote (Powerpoint) is easier to work with than Microsoft's version, and the transitions are far more polished and better animated.
It is not Office, as in the features are far less. However, for the home user you would only ever use 5% of the Office suite's capability, so iWork is a good cheaper alternative where you would not need to use the complex hidden features of Office.
I have also tried the free OpenOffice suite, and although quite good (especially since its free), it does not have the polish and integration of iWork. Also, being made by Apple, iWork ties in better with the Apple OS, and seems to be part of the OS rather than a separate suite. It is recommended for all Mac and Macbook owners.
Smashing June 18, 2008
These applications are brilliant in so many ways.
Keynote is best of breed - you simply will not find a better application for creating slick presentations.
Numbers is very good too, better than Excel in my opinion. That said, many people don't really 'get' the tables idea, preferring instead the 'one-large-sheet' approach of Excel and OpenOffice's Calc. If you take time to get to know Numbers, you will probably find that your spreadsheets become much more organised and compact. They look good too!
Pages is the weakest link; it can be very fiddly to layout headers, footers and tables. It's not bad, mind you, and it outputs pages of the highest quality, it's just not fantastic in the way that Numbers and Keynote are. Because it's Mac, it can create PDFs out of the box. The PDF files it generates are of an amazingly high quality.
Overall, I would not hesitate to recommend iWork, especially at the price. If you aren't sure whether to buy, you can download a demo from Apple and try it for yourself. It's worth the price for Keynote alone.
 A great package ! May 25, 2008
I bought both Office 2008 and iWork a while ago.
The way Office 2008 is a major disappointment, iWork is a great surprise !
The ease of use and elegant design in iWork, makes it a pleasure to work with. Pages and Numbers have more than enough functions for the "ordinary" user - like me.
Before you waste a small fortune on Office 2008 - please, check out this great package from Mac !!
 ok if you only work on a MAC May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to switch between my MAC at home and Win PC at work. Documents and spread sheets formatted in one would not correct format in the other. So I have bought Word for the MAC.
iWork is great if you stick to your MAC, but it does have less funtionality than Word & excel which can now be bought for only about 80, I would consider this first.
Work became cool February 3, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this just before Christmas, a) it looked good and b) I didn't want to pay a fortune for MS office for Mac. I have not been disappointed!
Pages- A fantastic word processor with pro looking templates. I use this all the time for school stuff now, it exports easily to MS office without images, can be a bit tricky with but on the whole is fine. For those who enjoy creating newsletters & posters but are sick of slow & boring MS Publisher, Pages will serve up a treat.
Keynote- 'Suddenly everyone looked up'. This is where iWork beats the rival. Keynote gives stunning presentations with a ton of cool extras to give presentations that 'cool' look.
Numbers- I'm still getting used to this one but so far I'm finding it easier to use than Excel and the graphs are far more mature and better looking!
Overall I'm scoring this great piece of software for Mac with a five because even though exports may not be perfect between this and Office, this has much more of a creative and simple edge to it. Gone are the days of feeling bored and intimidated by the crowded interfaces of the Office apps. My recommendation is to properly learn how to use each program before being critical because like anything it takes a while before you do get used to it, but don't sit on the Office bench, get to Work!
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