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AppleWorks 6.2.7

Made:	Apple
Media:	CD-ROM
Sales Rank:	1,082
Availability:	Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
Our Price*:	$74.99

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This complete set of digital technologies combines word processing, page layout, painting, spreadsheet, database, and presentation tools into one easy application
Draw from an ever-expanding library of templates to make any home or personal project look professional
Simple toolbars and customizable options allow users to incorporate text, spreadsheets, digital photos, images, sounds, and movies in a single document
Preemptive multitasking allows users to work on AppleWorks projects while still ripping songs from iTunes
New translation tools for Word and Excel files - save your work as a Windows file to share with colleagues

Rating: 2/5 from 3 reviews

I hate Microsoft, but it's a Microsoft world

Rating: 1/5

First of all, let me say I love Apple and dislike Microsoft. I would always choose to support Apple over Microsoft. If you are one of those people that never has to share documents with a Windows friend, then AppleWorks will be fine. I don't think it's as good as Office (or Word or Excel, if you aren't buying the whole Office suite,) but for the price, I'd buy AW instead.

Anyway, my frustration level with AW has reached the breaking point, and now I'm going to have to go out and do what I never wanted to do- buy Microsoft Office. AW is supposedly compatible with Excel and Word documents, but AW has often converted incoming Excel and Word documents to junk, if it is even able to open the Microsoft documents at all. Also, if you want to save an AW spreadsheet as an excel document, don't expect it to transfer your work nicely. Simple data cells it can handle, but charts- no way. As a business school student, it's essential that I am able to send and receive Word and Excel documents without issues. AppleWorks does not do the job.

It breaks my heart to recommend a Microsoft product over an Apple product, but until Apple makes a truly compatible alternative to Office, I have no choice but to recommend that my fellow Mac users buy Office instead of AppleWorks.

Nice system but...

Rating: 3/5

I like apple works, and it gets me by for my needs at home but for business I need Windows XP. I like the simple interface, and the straight forward approach. I don't like the spell check, and I have had some troubles saving files in a format where they could be opened easily on a pc. Outside of that I'm a huge Apple Fan and I hope they make the necessary changes to get this thing going right. :)

There are better choices available

Rating: 2/5

AppleWorks isn't really a bad product - it's been around for quite a few years, previously as ClarisWorks - but it desperately needs an update. For example, version 6.2.7 still doesn't take full advantage of features found in Mac OSX. Furthermore, it has some rather strange interface quirks and lacks some important features (spellcheck as you type, for example). My recommendation: spend an extra $50 and buy Microsoft Office v.X for student and teacher, which is a much better software package. Another option is to buy a drawing/layout software prgoram such as The Print Shop for Mac OSX, by MacKiev, which offers excellent design and print capabilities for all sorts of projects (labels, greeting cards, calendars, etc). Hopefully Apple will update AppleWorks someday soon.