Saturday, April 19, 2008

Apple iWork ’08 - For Easy Computing

Apple now offers an affordable office suite with the latest addition, the Apple iWork ’08. Numbers spreadsheet application (an exclusive feature) is a variant from Microsoft Excel and it is designed to help me with daily calculations and database maintenance. Earlier I had to rely on MS Excel with Mac, since Apple had no spreadsheet tool of its own. iWork '08 now enables me to read up new files, yet store my work in older format.

All I need is an Intel PowerPC G5 or G4 machine, compatible to work with a 500MHz processor and the whole set up can be done in only a few minutes. iWork '08 has enhanced my work efficiency with online tools and it is a must have for small business, home and office users. Apple iWork ’08 has a host of applications - Pages ’08, Keynote ’08 and Numbers ’08. From text selection and show font option, image edit and display to formatting ribbon interface, the MS Excel applications are now available on Apple iwork '08 . Pages’ 08 offer track changes that can be integrated with the pages of the Word document. Numbers’08 application comprises table grids and pictures, templates, travel planners, business expense sheets and lab reports. If I want to insert bar-graphs and pie-charts or maps, the spreadsheet appliction enables me with such features. Tables have slide bars for adjusting the numeric value of cells and making estimates, apart from formatting size of columns and rows. 150 formulae are available with natural language shortcuts and numeric calculations.

iWork '08 offers video tutorials and interactive forums and a thirty days free trial for its users. Now I can have almost 90 days of free unlimited telephone support to set up or reinstall the application. Editing, working over text files and spreadsheets, creating files and making presentations has never been so easy! Thanks Apple!

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