Apple iWork '08 Family Pack :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
Pages '08 offers an intuitive way to create beautiful, media-rich documents using impressive features such as Writing and Layout modes, Change tracking, Contextual Format Bar, Automatic list formatting, Graphics tools and templates. Pages '08 supports industry-standard formats to easily open documents from other word processing applications that were created on a Mac or a PC.
Amaze your audience with cinema-quality presentations using Keynote '08 and its new features Text effects & transitions, Action Builds, Instant Alpha, Voice-over Recording, Smart Builds and Apple-designed Themes.
Numbers '08 does everything from setting up your family budget to completing a lab report using Intelligent Tables, Interactive Print View, Flexible Canvas, Import & Export Excel, Charts, Images, Text Labels and Customizable Templates. Automatic list formatting - List and format on the fly New Templates - Use more than 80 new templates Keynotes '08 - Text effects & transitions - Captivate viewers with elegant transitions Action Builds - Move objects along a path Instant Alpha - Change backgrounds with simple click & drag Smart Builds - Add photos with sophisticated animations Apple-designed Themes - 9 themes for creating a professional presentation Numbers '08 - Intelligent Tables - Create multiple resizable tables Interactive Print View - Scale and arrange documents Flexible Canvas - Move objects wherever you like with comments, photos and graphics Import & Export Excel - Share spreadsheets with Microsoft Office Charts, Images, Text Labels - Add 2D & 3D charts, photos or a map Customizable Templates - For Home, School and Business System Requirements - Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) processor, 512MB RAM, 32MB video memory, Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later, iLife '08 recommended, 1GB free space and DVD drive re
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Customer Reviews

Absolutely Excellent

2008-06-24
I had the previous version, and was very happy, but choose to upgrade for no particular reason. I am very happy I did!

iWork, another great apple product.

2008-06-21
The Apple iWork family pack is well worth the price. Easy to install and of course, easy to use. There is no need to run MS on an imac with this product available.

Handles my needs perfectly

2008-06-16
iWork 08 is great. Not as capable as ms word but also not as complicated as word. Does a great job for all my needs. Numbers is a great spread sheet and easy to learn. Pages is very good, don't be afraid to work without using one of their predefined starter sheets. Sometimes I cut and paste items I like from one of Apples predefined pages to mix and match to make what I want. Keynote is actually nicer than power point and has better exporting options.

Great product

2008-06-11
I purchased this for the kids with their laptops for school. I ended up buying Word and Excel (for Mac), but I still think this is a great investment. Product shipped very quickly, exactly as described.

Overall, great product

2008-06-01
I have found that this does everything that I need it to do. And since it reads word files and writes word files it is compatible with most people's work. The thing that drives me nuts is that it doesn't have auto correct spelling (or at least not that I have figured out). I checked at the apple store-obviously they are biased toward their product but one thing I liked over the competition was the speed of the application. I also liked the templates and the integration with all other apple applications.

It's a great progam, but transitioning over may take a little time

2008-05-13
Pages '08 offers an intuitive way to create beautiful, media-rich documents using impressive features such as Writing and Layout modes, Change tracking, Contextual Format Bar, Automatic list formatting, Graphics tools and templates. Pages '08 supports industry-standard formats to easily open documents from other word processing applications that were created on a Mac or a PC.
Amaze your audience with cinema-quality presentations using Keynote '08 and its new features Text effects & transitions, Action Builds, Instant Alpha, Voice-over Recording, Smart Builds and Apple-designed Themes.
Numbers '08 does everything from setting up your family budget to completing a lab report using Intelligent Tables, Interactive Print View, Flexible Canvas, Import & Export Excel, Charts, Images, Text Labels and Customizable Templates. Automatic list formatting - List and format on the fly New Templates - Use more than 80 new templates Keynotes '08 - Text effects & transitions - Captivate viewers with elegant transitions Action Builds - Move objects along a path Instant Alpha - Change backgrounds with simple click & drag Smart Builds - Add photos with sophisticated animations Apple-designed Themes - 9 themes for creating a professional presentation Numbers '08 - Intelligent Tables - Create multiple resizable tables Interactive Print View - Scale and arrange documents Flexible Canvas - Move objects wherever you like with comments, photos and graphics Import & Export Excel - Share spreadsheets with Microsoft Office Charts, Images, Text Labels - Add 2D & 3D charts, photos or a map Customizable Templates - For Home, School and Business System Requirements - Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) processor, 512MB RAM, 32MB video memory, Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later, iLife '08 recommended, 1GB free space and DVD drive re

iWork Family Pack GREAT VALUE!!!

2008-04-28
iWork is a great addition to my work programs. The compatibility with Word is a great feature when transferring files to PC users. The online tutorials from Apple get you up and running in no time and answer all of your questions.Apple iWork '08 Family Pack

iwork

2008-04-18
iWork is a great piece of software. It has lots of forms in the word processor. I like Mac computers because of their ease of use, and again iWork is an example of Apple's quality for the price.

Think Different! Escape your Office!

2008-04-07
For most users, MicroSoft Office is overkill. They're talked into using by people that tell them that HAVE to run it to be compatible with the rest of the Office world. Not necessarily! Unless you're an Office Power User that needs and uses the extreme features of Office, iWork will do everything you need it to, and still be compatible with your Office workmates.

It's much faster on the Mac than Office, MUCH cheaper, and much more reliable. I write semi-professionally, and have never had any problems with using iWork, or had any problems with being compatible to my Office users.

You can download a free trial of iWork to see if it's what you need before purchasing. Granted, it will not work for all, and there is a small learning curve that is required with all new software applications. But, if you are willing to give it a try, you may find that there is life after Office and you can save that money for something else!

Solid Product

2008-04-06
iWork has been improved greatly. While the spreadsheet module is not going to knock Excel out of the box, it is a good solid program. The real gems are Pages and Keynote. Pages has been improved nicely and I feel is a lot easier to use than Word when it comes to doing things like newsletters and other items with graphics. Anyone wanting a nice easy program for doing a newsletter should consider this bundle for that alone. What can I say about Keynote other than it is better than Powerpoint on many fronts. If you want the best presentation program on the market, get keynote along with a very value packed bundle in iWork.