Marta Edie wrote: > Now you made me curious. I really never compared the Appleworks with > anything. I have been out of the job situation since the eighties. We > then still had claris. And I only used and still use it for word > processing. It just seems to have been sitting around so quietly. All > the fuss is being made over the iLife et al. I guess i shall check a > little into Appleworks capabilities or the lack thereof. Is anybody > out there who can tell me of any comparisons of different word > processing programs so one could have an overview? I don't much care > to inflict a microsoft program on my mac, but an honest appraisal I > would approve of. Jerry put that free Open Office on my Mac once, but > since i have upgraded to Panther it won't launch, and I have to get > that fixed before I can even see what something similar to "Office" > would look like. Many make a lot over "Word", but not ever having been > in touch with it, I have no idea what that would do and where it > stands in the hierarchy of word processing programs. > Marta > Hi Marta
Don't feel alone. I'm in the same boat as you. ClarisWorks/AppleWorks have been the only programs I've really used, to make my computer seem like it has a purpose. From what I can see, it basically does the same things other similar programs do. And, besides word processing, it also has Draw, Paint, Spreadsheets, and Databases. For the average home user, AppleWorks can't be beat. I even believe it's all anyone would need to run a small business. The way I look at it is this. So what if other programs costing three or more times as much as AppleWorks has more features. If you need them, then buy the other software. But, just to say I use such and such, be my guest. My guess is, most of the people using those more expensive programs like Office, don't use half the features that come with them. I also think a lot of people simply get bored looking at the same old screen and need something new and different to hold their interest. I imagine, if my first computer was a PC, I'd be saying the same thing about MS Works. But I could be wrong. -- Tony LaFemina When you want to do more than just buy software http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
