iWork '09
by Apple Computer
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Software Reviews of iWork '09
Customer Review: Still Missing an important feature for advanced excel users
Summary: 3 Stars
I will be short, mainly because others have already efficiently pointed the many positive aspects of the product as a whole.
As someone who uses excel a lot and who uses excel VBA (macros capabilities) the fact that Numbers does not support macros is a big flaw, one that makes me still uses Excel. I cannot even use it Excel for mac, because microsoft disabled Macros in Office for Mac. In short, if you need Macros in your spreadsheets there is only one way: To run windows in you mac and run office in it. There is simply no other way.
I guess Apple still thinks most of their customers don't really care for such feature, but I am one very tired Microsoft user who would immediately delete excel from my computer and NEVER again use Microsoft software...but I am still "locked" with them...And like myself I know quite a few others who wish numbers could serve as a platform for macros development.
If you don't use macros, Numbers will be just great for you, meaning this review is really focused for excel users who uses VBA - Macros AND want to move away from excel.
Other than that Numbers is a great software, but could not get MY five stars.
I hope Apple changes that very soon...
Customer Review: Good...
Summary: 4 Stars
iWork is great for most things, and I find that it also carries Apple's rule of user-friendliness over function perfectly. However, with that rule comes the price you pay for not having the entire functionality that you might want. For instance, in neither Pages nor Numbers can you create a graph with a consistent X-axis. It only treats each data point as its own separate thing. In other words, if you input info for years 1956, 1987, and 1989, it will space them apart equally. So, I recommend this product for the average mac user, but not if you want to be using high-end software that can do anything and everything that you want it to.Customer Review: it works great for me!
Summary: 5 Stars
I find this software to be absolutely great for the work I do. I create newsletters. It is so easy to use and works so well for me! I can't imagine using any other software.Customer Review: Helps me to interface with Word!
Summary: 4 Stars
so far I like this product.... still trying to change the page borders, but I will figure it out eventually. Easier to use to send copy to those PC people than InDesign was...:-)Customer Review: Good Deal
Summary: 4 Stars
I like iWork. It's not as good as Office.... But MUCH cheaper! I like keynote more than power point, but Word is better than pages.The grammar and spelling checker could be better though. (On pages) I haven't used numbers enough to give an opinion. I would def. recommend it to anyone. I am a college/highschool student and it meets all my needs.