I was actually going to ask about the accessibility compared to open
office, it sounds like the new iwork may actually be better in that
regard.
On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi Mike
Yep, iWork is $79, but you can get a 30-day trial at:
http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial
It's got a wordprocessor, spreadsheet, and presentation and has very
good MS office compatibility. One thing I really like is that, when
opening a Microsoft Office document, rather than just rendering it
improperly (wrong fonts, etc) it will warn you and give a reason
(i.e. if you don't have the proper font installed, it will tell you
so). It still may not render properly without the right fonts, but
at least you'll know why. Accessibility of iWork 9 isn't perfect,
but it's still quite useable. I actually find it more useable than
Openoffice especially in the Wordprocessing area. Even tables are
accessible in Office documents, though it is a bit clunky at the
moment. Still, a bit clunky is better than having no access to them,
and up until now that was the case. Keynote, the presentation
software, is actually mostly accessible as well, I was just able to
view a Powerpoint with relative ease. I tried this with Openoffice's
Impress and found it to be very unstable, so having access to
powerpoint is a plus as well.
On Jan 6, 2009, at 20:41, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Is this something you need to purchase? I'm assuming it's an office
suite.
On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Dan wrote:
Hello everyone,
I just installed the new iWork 9 and I am really empressed so far.
I wrote a small basic document in Pages and all I can say is,
"Wow!!!!!!!!!"
Now for Numbers and Keynote.
This is really exciting.
Dan
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