I just got iWork ;-)

lurk · #1 January 21st, 2005, 03:27 PM

We will see how well it works... if you have any questions I can try some stuff out for any curious parties.

**chevy** · #2 January 21st, 2005, 03:32 PM

Does it _really_ miss an equation editor ???

lurk · #3 January 21st, 2005, 04:08 PM

Yep there is no equation editor. However it does work with Equation Service so you can just type in LaTeX select it and then press Apple-/ and the LaTeX formatted PDF of the equation will be inserted. I tried the "unformat" option on equation service and it did not work. But I never had any luck with that in the past anyway.

Durbrow · #4 January 21st, 2005, 08:16 PM

Can you tell me if Keynote is faster than the previous version? Can you tell me how fast your machine is? Thanks.

P.S. I have a 400mhz G4 which, supposedly, is not recommended for iWorks. Thanks again.

lurk · #5 January 21st, 2005, 11:01 PM

It is about the same but I have a 1.5 GHz Powerbook so I cannot really say how it would run on a slower machine.

perfessor101 · #6 January 22nd, 2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Durbrow

P.S. I have a 400mhz G4 which, supposedly, is not recommended for iWorks. Thanks again.

Keynote 2 works well on my dual processor G4/1.25 MDD and it is satisfactory for presentations on my iBook G3/600. But given the heavy reliance on graphics I can see why Apple recommends at least a 500 MHz processor. To me another interesting sidelight is that iWork ships on DVD not CD so you have to have at least a combo drive to install it.

adambyte · #7 January 22nd, 2005, 04:50 PM

I just received iWork, too. And... hot damn, Pages is so easy and obvious, I think it'll throw some people off. I know I was.

My only complaint is that Pages treats MS Word documents as if they are so foreign.... you have "import" and "export" them. It doesn't just open it, let you work on it, and then save changes. You have to "export" things as Word files.

Boo to that. Otherwise, it's great.

perfessor101 · #8 January 22nd, 2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by adambyte

My only complaint is that Pages treats MS Word documents as if they are so foreign.... you have "import" and "export" them. It doesn't just open it, let you work on it, and then save changes. You have to "export" things as Word files.

The best app I have found for doing what you want is Microsoft Word for Mac.