Steve, Just a mention, but for a little while now, it's been possible to buy the separate components of iWork separately @ reduced prices from the Apple App Store. I.E. Pages for word processing, Numbers for spread sheet activities, & Presentation for power point applications. I believe I purchased Pages for $19..or $29, can't remember exactly. But, it's a great marketing strategy that really helps a user find out on the cheap if an app works for him or her.
Hope this helps, CJ On Feb 23, 2012, at 6:40 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Thanks for your responses, Backy and Anne. Hot spots are one area I > haven't dealt with in Voice Over yet. I've only been using this for > about a month so far. I've used Open / Libre Office quite a bit in > Linux and I have had Office experience over on that other platform > <sigh>. I just haven't heard really good feedback about office work > on the Mac. I thought Open Office was supposed to be a strong > contender at one time; did that die off? I hear the price for iWork is > not too bad though. > > Any more ideas? > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:39:45AM +0100, Anne Robertson wrote: >> Hello Steve, >> >> I'm about to have a firestorm land on my head for saying this, but Pages >> works just fine for me, except for tracking changes, which I never have to >> do anyway. >> >> To use Pages efficiently, you need a thorough knowledge of VoiceOver. Make >> sure that the mouse cursor is set to ignore the other cursors or you'll have >> stability problems. >> >> It's necessary to be familiar with Hotspots so that you can keep track of >> styles. >> >> Pages is for word processing, not for reading for pleasure. TextEdit works >> much better for that. >> >> I can't compare Pages to Word on a PC because I've never used a PC. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> >> >> On 23 Feb 2012, at 01:58, Steve Holmes wrote: >> >>> What are people using these days for office productivity like word >>> processing, spreadsheets, etc.? I am aware of iWork but I thought Open >>> Office or probably now, Libreoffice would be even better. Which of >>> these solutions ore most accessible now days. I heard some old >>> podcasts recently where Open Office was supposed to be really good but >>> then Oracle came along and who knows now. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
