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Joined 2005-09-29
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Posted: 29 September 2005 10:17 AM
ClarisWorks was an awesome program. Along came the recent incarnations of AppleWorks, and now we have a buggy, annoying program that ought to have been written by MicroSoft. For instance: copying text from another file, or even from the same file, to paste somewhere else always shows up in a given font (Helvetica, I believe). Used to be (in ClarisWorks) that copied text would retain all attributes when pasted. Speadsheets are undependable, etc.
What happened, Apple, to AppleWorks?
Why not completely rewrite this once great Apple product, and do it right, once again.
Resurrect AppleWorks!!
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Joined 2005-09-12
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Posted: 29 September 2005 10:37 AM
chris, i dont think apple will be doing that since tehy are focusing on pages and the new iWork suit of apps..i think that AppleWorks is just going to go by the wayside in abotu a year because there have been rumors of an iSheet spreadsheet program...once that surfaces iWork will be complete and there will not be any need for it anymore....
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Joined 2005-09-15
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Posted: 29 September 2005 10:50 AM
Cripes, you’d think a reliable and regularly updated Mac word processing app wouldn’t be this hard to acquire. I’m sure Apple didn’t want to step on Microsoft’s toes, but now if they’re coming out with a spreadsheet program? Coolness. ThinkFree Office has been ok, but if Apple can get an office suite going like iLife - bring it on.
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Joined 2005-06-03
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Posted: 29 September 2005 12:20 PM
I remember when Appleworks was Clarisworks and I loved both programs. The original Clarisworks could do everything, write documents, do spreadsheets, paint, draw and even design websites. I know Apple is putting it out to pasture but I still miss it.
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Posted: 29 September 2005 12:49 PM
What I’m hoping for is just what has been mentioned - an excellent, user friendly, Apple-designed suite of office productivity programs, that will handle traditional computing tasks including word processing, page layout, spreadsheet, presentation, web page design, etc. (like AppleWorks, but up to the software quality standards that Apple has been famous for) - all the things most users need, but can’t get out of iLife.
Sort of like an office productivity version of iLife (which is what ClarisWorks used to be) - as another poster described it.
Does iWork do page layout? Web design?
Any details about the new spreadsheet program? Release date? Etc.?
Thanks.
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Posted: 29 September 2005 04:39 PM
the ipod happened. If apple could use it on an ipod they would update it.
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Joined 2005-09-19
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Posted: 29 September 2005 08:33 PM
sorry guys, i’d prefer MS Office for Mac given the circumstances.
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Joined 2005-09-12
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Posted: 29 September 2005 09:30 PM
mddharma - Sep 29, 2005 04:39pm the ipod happened. If apple could use it on an ipod they would update it.
ha ha...that is way toooo true
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Total Posts: 83
Joined 2005-09-12
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Posted: 05 October 2005 04:43 PM
Well perhaps the will end the year with an update. Maybe at the event on the 12th.
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Total Posts: 492
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Posted: 05 October 2005 04:46 PM
mddharma - Oct 05, 2005 04:43pm Well perhaps the will end the year with an update. Maybe at the event on the 12th.
I honestly don’t think AppleWorks will EVER see an update. Its really an EOL product. Apple will support it for a little while longer before it falls into the software abyse....i wouldn’t hold your breath for an update...but maybe an updated iWork suite?
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Posted: 05 October 2005 05:38 PM
msgreenf - Oct 05, 2005 04:46pm mddharma - Oct 05, 2005 04:43pm Well perhaps the will end the year with an update. Maybe at the event on the 12th.
I honestly don’t think AppleWorks will EVER see an update. Its really an EOL product. Apple will support it for a little while longer before it falls into the software abyse....i wouldn’t hold your breath for an update...but maybe an updated iWork suite?
Wasn’t there a rumor, that a new iWork application is coming out, I think it was called numbers.
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Total Posts: 492
Joined 2005-09-12
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Posted: 05 October 2005 08:06 PM
Frozonecold - Oct 05, 2005 05:38pm msgreenf - Oct 05, 2005 04:46pm mddharma - Oct 05, 2005 04:43pm Well perhaps the will end the year with an update. Maybe at the event on the 12th.
I honestly don’t think AppleWorks will EVER see an update. Its really an EOL product. Apple will support it for a little while longer before it falls into the software abyse....i wouldn’t hold your breath for an update...but maybe an updated iWork suite?
Wasn’t there a rumor, that a new iWork application is coming out, I think it was called numbers.
That was teh rumor...i would say we could see that way before an AppleWorks update
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