Comments on: Poll Result: iWork wins hands down! http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/ Your premier source of Apple, Mac, and iPhone news, views, and reviews. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:59:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Productivity on your Mac: 5 Alternative Word Processors | Smoking Apples http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-5172 Productivity on your Mac: 5 Alternative Word Processors | Smoking Apples Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:36:07 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-5172 [...] course, SA readers know better than to use Word (unless we’re forced to at work) and have settled for Apple’s iWork as [...] […] course, SA readers know better than to use Word (unless we’re forced to at work) and have settled for Apple’s iWork as […]

]]> By: iWork vs Office: A Comparison | Ed Parry http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-4322 iWork vs Office: A Comparison | Ed Parry Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:44:57 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-4322 [...] recent poll conducted by SmokingApple’s suggests (from 420 votes) that only 16% of their readers primarily use Microsoft Office. Compared [...] […] recent poll conducted by SmokingApple’s suggests (from 420 votes) that only 16% of their readers primarily use Microsoft Office. Compared […]

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3338 Neil Anderson Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:27:05 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3338 iWork 09 rocks! iWork 09 rocks!

]]> By: Wikinerd http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Wikinerd Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:52:50 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3301 iWork is great, but they do need to fix Numbers. Especially the data plotting/graphing functions iWork is great, but they do need to fix Numbers. Especially the data plotting/graphing functions

]]> By: jsk http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 jsk Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:52:49 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3295 I too have Office installed, but use iWork exclusively (for what I'd use Office for). I haven't authored anything in Office since the first release of iWork. • PowerPoint is sad compared to Keynote. (Pallets to define the theme for the entire presentation at the root level of the pallet, but the specifics for individual slides defined elsewhere or deeper? Really?!?) • I come from an engineering background, not accounting; so, Excel has NEVER been worth a darn. (I've been a Mac user since 1987 and Excel has ALWAYS been a second rate spreadsheet app. Unfortunately, better spreadsheet apps (Wingz, Trapeze, etc.) were ground under when MS created "Office" so, it had been the only choice for a number of years.) • Word used to be a great word processing app up to v5.1, but turned into junk when MS decided to "standardize" on the inferior Windoze version (wa-hoo, buttons on a tool bar for new, open, save, cut copy and paste, what a useful use of screen real-estate!!) starting with v6 (don't forget, Word started out on the Mac in 1984). I'm not sure why more people don't use Numbers. Seriously, do we really need to keep the what, 16th century, monolithic ledger sheet as the basis of our 21st century spreadsheet apps?!? As for the criticisms of Pages, I can see academic type's point, but I can't anyone else having any need for Word. Personally, I use InDesign for serious work, TextWrangler for all my programming/web work, and email for almost everything else (do people really write paper memos anymore?). I happily use Pages for what very little remains (which isn't much or very often). Office is only on my hard disk to open stuff people send me that iWork can't open or to open legacy files that I haven't opened and updated in years. I too have Office installed, but use iWork exclusively (for what I’d use Office for). I haven’t authored anything in Office since the first release of iWork.

• PowerPoint is sad compared to Keynote. (Pallets to define the theme for the entire presentation at the root level of the pallet, but the specifics for individual slides defined elsewhere or deeper? Really?!?)
• I come from an engineering background, not accounting; so, Excel has NEVER been worth a darn. (I’ve been a Mac user since 1987 and Excel has ALWAYS been a second rate spreadsheet app. Unfortunately, better spreadsheet apps (Wingz, Trapeze, etc.) were ground under when MS created “Office” so, it had been the only choice for a number of years.)
• Word used to be a great word processing app up to v5.1, but turned into junk when MS decided to “standardize” on the inferior Windoze version (wa-hoo, buttons on a tool bar for new, open, save, cut copy and paste, what a useful use of screen real-estate!!) starting with v6 (don’t forget, Word started out on the Mac in 1984).

I’m not sure why more people don’t use Numbers. Seriously, do we really need to keep the what, 16th century, monolithic ledger sheet as the basis of our 21st century spreadsheet apps?!?

As for the criticisms of Pages, I can see academic type’s point, but I can’t anyone else having any need for Word. Personally, I use InDesign for serious work, TextWrangler for all my programming/web work, and email for almost everything else (do people really write paper memos anymore?). I happily use Pages for what very little remains (which isn’t much or very often).

Office is only on my hard disk to open stuff people send me that iWork can’t open or to open legacy files that I haven’t opened and updated in years.

]]> By: Jocca http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 Jocca Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:48:13 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3294 I am retired now and I do not need to use Office anymore. I used to have to run Office on my Macs at work and I have to say that the PPT version for the Mac was better than the one for window, but even that just does not get close to Keynote. I am retired now and I do not need to use Office anymore. I used to have to run Office on my Macs at work and I have to say that the PPT version for the Mac was better than the one for window, but even that just does not get close to Keynote.

]]> By: DBX http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 DBX Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:46:35 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3292 People are also forced to use Office due to the occasional brain-dead feature omission in iWork. The two most glaring -- no split-screen view in Numbers, and you have to use either footnotes or endnotes (you can't use both in combination) in Pages. No such issues with Keynote, though. Hopefully Numbers and Pages will catch up. Right now, I'm in the position of using Office 2004 (with the Visual Basic support and split screen) for spreadsheet and the occasional shared word-processing document, Mellel for my own writing in combination with Bookends, and Keynote out of iWork for my presentations. A melange indeed, complicated further by the fact that Mellel only has rtf file output, not doc as well, but the integration with Bookends is worth the hassle. I'm waiting to see which one of NeoOffice, MS Office 2010 or 2011 and iWork cross the finish line first for having it all together. Hopefully NeoOffice as it would be nice to have the problem solved without an expensive software upgrade. People are also forced to use Office due to the occasional brain-dead feature omission in iWork. The two most glaring — no split-screen view in Numbers, and you have to use either footnotes or endnotes (you can’t use both in combination) in Pages.

No such issues with Keynote, though. Hopefully Numbers and Pages will catch up.

Right now, I’m in the position of using Office 2004 (with the Visual Basic support and split screen) for spreadsheet and the occasional shared word-processing document, Mellel for my own writing in combination with Bookends, and Keynote out of iWork for my presentations. A melange indeed, complicated further by the fact that Mellel only has rtf file output, not doc as well, but the integration with Bookends is worth the hassle. I’m waiting to see which one of NeoOffice, MS Office 2010 or 2011 and iWork cross the finish line first for having it all together. Hopefully NeoOffice as it would be nice to have the problem solved without an expensive software upgrade.

]]> By: Omar http://smokingapples.com/smoking-apples/poll-result-iwork-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 Omar Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:42:42 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=5184#comment-3289 iWork out of choice, but I do have office installed on my iMac (in case purposes). iWork out of choice, but I do have office installed on my iMac (in case purposes).

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