Apple Office?

MacOSXRumors posts a rumor that Apple may be positioning Appleworks against Office, and also suggest the possibility of free-version to be bundled with machines, similar to other iApps.

Meanwhile, ThinkSecret reports that MS Office OS X may bring OS X Service support with Jaguar (10.2).

Very good for Apple. I've already seen Appleworks at school, i see more students using Appleworks now rather than Office. I guess it's because it comes free with the mac

I've not really had an opportunity to use it, can it translate - import and export - ms documents? In my thinking that would be the best way to gain acceptance, period. And what do they have that's comperable to PowerPoint that you can use for presentations?

But over all, the idea of moving away from MS Office sounds like a great idea.

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I love it! Give it to them I say. Not only that, but there is a PC version of AppleWorks. Make the app cross platform, and boom, there is another mole into their lair. he.he.

Bring Apple, I cannot wait to be microsoft free.

you can import/export certain file types i know.... not sure about all though. and as far as i know, there's nothing quite as thorough as powerpoint. that's not to say they won't add something like that though, if they really really want to be office competitive.

I can only hope that this rumor is true!

The iOffice will only work if I can open up my M$ Office docs in it.
Otherwise not dice. I have way too much time invested in current Office documents.

Making it cross playform.... I dont like that idea. Screw them.
Buy a MAC and then you can use the killer apps.


Now bring on an Apple Browser and we can truly be M$ free!!!

don't want to spoil the joy, but I abandonned AW for the simple reason that it makes ugly documents. it just wont render plain text like letters nice. office does a much better job.

I just wish it came free with a Tower. If I'm paying $3,000 + for a machine, I guess they assume I'll want M$ Orifice... I mean, Office, which I don't. I just need basic utilities and the ability to open other peoples docs. I can use Final Draft to draw up the important stuff.

It's only an extra $30 (EDU discount and current mail-in rebate) for the current, but limited, offering. But the way Apple has been lately, I'm wondering if the new version would be free.

If memory serves you can open at least MS word files in appleworks

LS

Apple Works can open MS word and Excell files from
MS 5 to MS xp 2002. The only thing it can not open is power point files.

There was program way back called Astound it was pretty good and sometimes better than PP it even can animated 3D charts.

It died the last version I think was 3.1.

Wash