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Einar - May 17, 2005 - 4:51 am
What should i choose for my new powerbook?
Saxphile - May 17, 2005 - 5:28 am
Hi Einar,
As much as it pains me to say so, I'd say Office 2004. iWorks is just not quite there yet. Keynote is largely usable, although compared to Powerpoint a lot of its uniqueness are just eye candies. Pages makes very, very nice looking documents, but it's not 100% compatible with Word, and if you need any advanced word processing functions (table of contents, endnote, etc), you have to use Word. There's no Excel equivalent in iWorks. In short, unless you use your computer solely for personal uses and you never have to exchange Office documents with other people, get Office 2004.
Hope this helps.
Charlie
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
As much as it pains me to say so, I'd say Office 2004. iWorks is just not quite there yet. Keynote is largely usable, although compared to Powerpoint a lot of its uniqueness are just eye candies. Pages makes very, very nice looking documents, but it's not 100% compatible with Word, and if you need any advanced word processing functions (table of contents, endnote, etc), you have to use Word. There's no Excel equivalent in iWorks. In short, unless you use your computer solely for personal uses and you never have to exchange Office documents with other people, get Office 2004.
Hope this helps.
Charlie
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
Einar - May 17, 2005 - 5:39 am
Hi Charlie L.
Thank you..I got a bit nervous you see, because there are some trial versions
installed on my powerbook...and they are only causing me pain.
And i was thinking......Microsoft!!
Thank you..I got a bit nervous you see, because there are some trial versions
installed on my powerbook...and they are only causing me pain.
And i was thinking......Microsoft!!
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