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I haven't used iWork 2, but I'm making the switch from MS Office to something else when I finish my post-doc. (No need to collaborate on papers, etc. when I'm done, so I can use what I want.)
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Good post, Nautical; saw the same news release myself. Let's hope it bodes well for iWork 2 and a future spreadsheet addition.
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The Macintosh share sounds more impressive, but this sounds again like a case of skewed statistics. Not unlike the stuff some people were waving their hands about with AMD supposedly beating Intel on 4Q desktop CPU sales (that study wasn't including Dell sales... go figure).
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iWork is an absolute joy to use, as is Keynote. Anytime I'm doing college papers/presentations, I use them exclusively, unless the professor is strict on a perfectly standard Word paper.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I have to agree with MCQ, the numbers sound like they were manufactured to make iWork look better. I also wonder how Office and iWork/etc can add up to 100%, since iWork is not a complete Office replacement, and there are also issues with compatibility. Most people I know who use iWork use mainly Keynote, but still have Office and use that for everything else.
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iWork 2?
I think you guys mean iWork '06. . . |
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Does anyone think that Pages 2 is good enough to replace Word? I'm thinking about buying iWork '06 (thanks chucker ) but I am a little afraid to dish out the money.. ( I know this is a purchasing advice question but, I just want a quick opinion)
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Pages doesn't replace Word. It doesn't aim to replace Word either. Pages is more of a mixture between word processing and desktop publishing / layout, aimed at the consumer. Word is almost entirely pure word processing, but aimed at both consumers and professionals.
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I was tempted to insult Word, but I figured what the heck.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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How's OpenOffice doing? Obviously it's impossible to have sales figures, since they don't sell it. This seems sort of systematic. How do you measure a free product by sales? I mean, I doubt it's in 2nd place, but it has the advantage of being completely cross-platform (the Aqua version is called NeoOffice)
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Of course, you need to make some sort of distinction between downloads of OpenOffice and the number of people who actually use it for anything.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Would Pages 2 be a good alternative to MS Publisher? I make lots of papers and articles and I really want something that can do more than the norm.
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BTW: The latest edition of iWork tempts me to add another one: the reviews have been pretty favourable this time around. Any experiences using it in an academic context? I am constantly using the comment bubbles in MS Word (Page Layout veiw), and Pages now sports something similar. Does it work equally well? What about compatibility for collaboration? |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Pages is very good, depending on what you want to use it for. I have written a published book on it (smokes Word for that), and various newsletters and such (the included templates rock). Keynote runs circles around Plowerpoint, both in look and functionality.
However, if you just want to type a letter, or do what most of my family uses a word processor for, then Pages is overkill (though you can make a sharp looking one with it). |
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