iWork '09 [OLD VERSION]

iWork '09 [OLD VERSION]
by Apple Computer

iWork '09 [OLD VERSION]
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Software Summary

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Brand: Apple
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2009-01-13
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X, PowerMac
Model: MB942Z/A
Product features:
  • iWork '09, Apple's office productivity suite, is the easiest way to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the Mac way
  • Creating the perfect brochure, flyer, report, or resume is faster and easier than ever with Pages '09
  • Create spreadsheets, organize data, and write formulas with simple yet powerful tools using Numbers '09
  • With great new features in Keynote '09, creating a show-stopping presentation is surprisingly simple
  • Share your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with anyone on a Mac or PC as Microsoft Office or PDF files
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Software Reviews of iWork '09 [OLD VERSION]

Customer Review: An iWork review mainly about iPages
Summary: 5 Stars

I have only worked with iPages so far. It works so well that, given the iWork price compared with that of Microsoft Word 2007, I think iWork should get a five-star rating. For all I know, the iWork speadsheet and presentation components work fine. However, even if they did not, iPages makes the whole thing worthwhile for me.

I thus confine my review to iPages.

At first I was concerned that iPages might be a sort of beta version of a product yet to come. Apple, I imagine, might improve on iWork gradually in years ahead. However, what is there now is definitely not, in my opinion, a beta version. In terms of capabilities, I rank iPages a little below Microsoft Word. iPages will not do as many things, but that matters far less than it might seem. Microsoft Word does things I personally believe are not worth doing. For example, does one really need a dozen or more ways to insert a page number?

iPages does do all I need to produce a long narrative not involving footnotes. In my case, the narratives have been draft novels. I have had to take Word 2007 documents, convert them to iPages documents, and then work in rich text format much of the time. All this goes smoothly. I have had to pay attention to where iPages is saving the document. This, however, has not been a problem now that I have learned to be more careful. I think most college students would not have problems doing research papers in iWork.

I think that iPages will work for producing articles for scholarly journals, something I might get around to within a few more weeks. Footnoting as I do it (APA style more or less) seems manageable. You can put into the text special characters like Greek alphabet letters, so equations should be no problem. Inserting objects like statistical package printout might or might not smoothly--I have not tried this yet--but in principle it seems possible. Someone expecting to paste in content from packages like Stata or SPSS might want to ask about iPages' ability to accept such content.

The iPages user interface seems to me better than the ribbon that Microsoft Word went to. I find the iPages user interface better, as well, than the old version of Microsoft Word--the one before their ribbon. I think it has been easier going from Word to iPages in terms of finding things than it was in going from old Microsoft Word to new Microsoft Word. Someone working in Word 2003 might prefer changing to iPages rather than to Word 2007.

If someone needed to produce HTML documents directly from an iPages wordprocessing document, iPages does not seem to have a way for doing that. Microsoft Word 2007 does allow one to go directly to HTML. Also, I use Yahoo SiteBuilder to maintain some web pages. There so far does not seem to be a SiteBuilder version for a Mac. I still use a PC for that. All this means that, if you need to produce web pages, iPages maybe is not going to help much. You might need to buy something like Dreamweaver for your web pages, but, again, you might want to buy something like Dreamweaver, anyhow.

iPages does not seem to have a way to rename a file directly. You have to open the file, save it under the new name, and delete the file. Also, iPages does not clearly handle very well the production of an envelope. That might be me, though. I did not much care for how Word 2007 did envelopes.

Finally, for me, it is refreshing to be out from under Microsoft's software hegemony--at least for Word processing. I imagine not everyone will feel that way, but I find myself feeling good about escaping from Microsoft. If you are tired of what Microsoft gives you in return for the price they extract, iWork could be a very nice surprise. I hope to avoid going back to Microsoft Office. My experience has been that, in my situation, each Microsoft upgrade of Office made the product worse. I now hope that each Apple upgrade of iWork will make the product better.

Description of iWork '09 [OLD VERSION]

iWork ?09, Apple?s office productivity suite, is the easiest way to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the Mac way. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Numbers, with its' great-looking templates, easy-to-create formulas, and dynamic tables and charts, gives you simple ways to make sense of your data. Use Keynote to create your presentations, and you?ll be a hard act to follow. Its' powerful yet easy-to-use tools and dazzling effects put the show in slideshow. Packed with over 250 Apple-designed themes and templates?including 60 new designs overall?iWork lets you create projects that look polished from the first page or slide. And iWork is compatible with Microsoft Office, so it?s easy to share your work.

iWork, Apple's office productivity suite, is the easiest way to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the Mac way. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Numbers, with its great-looking templates, easy-to-create formulas, and dynamic tables and charts, gives you simple ways to make sense of your data. Use Keynote to create your presentations, and you'll be a hard act to follow. Its powerful yet easy-to-use tools and dazzling effects put the show in slideshow. Packed with over 250 Apple-designed themes and templates?including 60 new designs overall?iWork lets you create projects that look polished from the first page or slide. And iWork is compatible with Microsoft Office, so it's easy to share your work.

Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The Mac way.


Apple iWork


Pages '09

Word processing and then some.

Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It starts with an enhanced Template Chooser that lets you skim more than 180 Apple-designed templates. You can easily create stunning documents, from a simple letter to a professionally polished resume to a multipage newsletter and more. Or start with a blank page and let your words and creativity take their own course. Reports, resumes, brochures, newsletters, invitations?whatever you write, Pages puts powerful tools at your fingertips. So you can create beautiful, media-rich documents in minutes.

Pages '09
New Features
  • Choose from 40 new Apple-designed templates
  • Focus on your writing in full-screen view
  • Organize your ideas with dynamic outlines
  • Customize your documents using mail merge
  • Insert equations with MathType 6 (sold separately)
  • Create bibliographies with EndNote X2 (sold separately)

Numbers '09

Powerful and compelling spreadsheets.

Plan a wedding. Save for retirement. Track your workouts. Keep a baby journal. Spreadsheets can help you organize and plan, and great-looking, Apple-designed templates will help you get started. Choose from 30 templates to use for home, work, and school. Tables are already made. Formulas have been figured out. Fonts are in place. They're all ready to go. Just find something you like and make it your own. If you're starting with a blank sheet, that's easy, too. Spreadsheets are built on a flexible, free-form canvas. So you can move tables, charts, graphics, and text anywhere you want on the page. Effortlessly create formulas using an intuitive browser with more than 250 functions. Add interactive controls such as sliders, steppers, and checkboxes that let you play "what if" in real time. Scale your document with a drag of the mouse to create the perfect printout using the interactive print view. You can even add photos, movies, and music to your spreadsheet with just a few clicks.

Numbers '09
New Features
  • Build powerful formulas with ease
  • Perform calculations using over 250 functions
  • Organize your data instantly into table categories
  • Check your calculations at a glance with Formula List view
  • Create 2-axis charts and mixed charts
  • Choose from 12 new Apple-designed templates

Keynote '09

Cinema-quality presentations for everyone.

Even if you've never used Keynote before, you'll find creating a presentation surprisingly simple. An enhanced Theme Chooser lets you skim through an impressive collection of 44 Apple-designed themes. Once you've chosen the perfect canvas for your presentation, simply substitute placeholder text and graphics with your own words and images. Easy-to-use tools let you add elements such as tables, charts, shapes, photos, and videos to slides. Finish off your masterpiece with cinematic animations and transitions that look as though they were created by your own special effects team. With Keynote, you have all the tools you need to make an amazing presentation amazingly simple.

Keynote '09
New Features
  • Easily create sophisticated animations with Magic Move
  • Add dramatic text transitions using new visual effects
  • Visualize your data with new 3D charts and chart animations
  • Dramatically reduce file size without compromising quality
  • Create dynamic flowcharts and diagrams with connection lines
  • Choose from eight new Apple-designed themes

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