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| Which Office suite do you use? |
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33% |
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12% |
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11% |
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36% |
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| Other (please explain) |
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1% |
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| I don't use an office suite |
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hackersmovie
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I use iWork '08 for the most part, mainly because Office is not universal. When it becomes universal, I'll upgrade, but probably still use iWork.
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| Bobaloo wrote: | | I use iWork '08 for the most part, mainly because Office is not universal. When it becomes universal, I'll upgrade, but probably still use iWork. |
I switched to iWork '08 for the same reason (Office 2004 being dog slow with Rosetta). The addition of Numbers didn't hurt either. I can't even see myself buying Office 2008 now. I just like iWork '08 that much. |
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Bobaloo
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| devo wrote: | | Bobaloo wrote: | | I use iWork '08 for the most part, mainly because Office is not universal. When it becomes universal, I'll upgrade, but probably still use iWork. |
I switched to iWork '08 for the same reason (Office 2004 being dog slow with Rosetta). The addition of Numbers didn't hurt either. I can't even see myself buying Office 2008 now. I just like iWork '08 that much. |
I know what you mean, but I will buy the Student Teacher Edition of Office '08 when it comes out for my daughter as she will be going to college next fall and I want to be sure she's compatible there. With the student teacher version, it can be installed on 3 computers. I'll install it on the 2 Macs here which are Intel and I'll be buying her a 17" MacBook Pro for graduation.
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| Bobaloo wrote: | | devo wrote: | | Bobaloo wrote: | | I use iWork '08 for the most part, mainly because Office is not universal. When it becomes universal, I'll upgrade, but probably still use iWork. |
I switched to iWork '08 for the same reason (Office 2004 being dog slow with Rosetta). The addition of Numbers didn't hurt either. I can't even see myself buying Office 2008 now. I just like iWork '08 that much. |
I know what you mean, but I will buy the Student Teacher Edition of Office '08 when it comes out for my daughter as she will be going to college next fall and I want to be sure she's compatible there. With the student teacher version, it can be installed on 3 computers. I'll install it on the 2 Macs here which are Intel and I'll be buying her a 17" MacBook Pro for graduation. |
Why not just just use neoOffice it is just as good but is free.
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Speaking of iWork...I used Keynote to give a presentation for the first time yesterday. I have to say it is very slick.
I need to learn a bit more about the features...but having had ZERO experience with it previously, it was very easy to put together a competent presentation.
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Bobaloo
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Just picked up Office 2008 today. So far, I like the looks of it and it's much faster now that it's universal. I only used Entourage and Word. The last of the BIG apps to become Universal.
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| Bobaloo wrote: | | Just picked up Office 2008 today. So far, I like the looks of it and it's much faster now that it's universal. I only used Entourage and Word. The last of the BIG apps to become Universal. |
Cool! How would you rate the overall speed of Word compared to Pages or iWork '08 in general? |
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Bobaloo
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| devo wrote: | | Bobaloo wrote: | | Just picked up Office 2008 today. So far, I like the looks of it and it's much faster now that it's universal. I only used Entourage and Word. The last of the BIG apps to become Universal. |
Cool! How would you rate the overall speed of Word compared to Pages or iWork '08 in general? |
I can't say just yet that it faster than Pages, that will take a getting used to. It seems as though Word launches about as fast as Pages now. I like the new features in Office '08, a lot of similarities to iWork now. Office has a Project Gallery where you select from templates which then launch the app to create them, not only Word, but Excel, etc. Entourage is much faster now, I'll be using it for awhile to see if I want to go back to it entirely. It does have something called My Day which launches sort of a desktop PalmPilot where your daily schedule is from your Entourage calendar. Overall, I like the look and feel of Office 2008. As Steve said, 'the last of the big apps to come to Intel!'
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| It sounds like you're a happy camper then. I wouldn't mind giving Word and Entourage a look. I'm just too busy with building RC planes at the moment. All of my "mad" money is going towards that one. |
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| Is there a trial version of Office 2008? I don't see anything on the Microsoft site. |
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Bobaloo
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| devo wrote: | | It sounds like you're a happy camper then. I wouldn't mind giving Word and Entourage a look. I'm just too busy with building RC planes at the moment. All of my "mad" money is going towards that one. |
Now after a month of using Microsoft Office 2008, the consensus here is that it sucks. I've gone back to using iWork '08, my wife who is a graphic designer and has to use Word, finds it to be very slow. My daughter is using it for school and will use it when she goes to college in the fall, (with a brand new 17" MacBook Pro.) I've also gone back to using Mac Mail and iCal rather than Entourage. If you have to use Word, than you should get it, but if not, go with iWork for less money.
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| ClunkClunk wrote: | | I'm a bit different. I use WriteRoom to do my raw writing, then I use InDesign to format documents. |
I've just stumbled upon a free alternative to WriteRoom, thanks to a very complementary article about Bean.
Shift-command-F switches Bean into (and out of) full-screen mode, with a combination of white text on a blue background, which is very easy on the eye. Not bad for a 1.3MB download!
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It depends on my mood. If I'm happy with Microsoft that day I'll use Office 2008, if I feel like a Mac geek, than I'll use iWork. Haha, actually it depends on how creative I need to be, I find my self being more creative with iWork, like creating tables, charts, etc... Although it is easier to use SmartArt in Office 2008. If I'm virtualizing or if I need to use Access, than I'll use Office 2007, although I find myself creating databases and data vaults with FileMaker Pro a lot more often lately. FileMaker rocks!!!  |
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NadiaGeek
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For my Mac I use Office, for my Windows PCs I use Open Office. I had Microsoft Office for Windows, but lost the damn installation CD. I know you can download the program, but I feel no need to. I have it on my Mac, and Open Office can save in Office format, which is what my school uses. iWork, while being nice, doesn't get my dollar until it can save and work with Office formats. My school uses all office, so the doc and docx type files are necessary for me, and Open Office is great for being free.
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