AUGD: AppleWorks and Spreadsheets
AUGD: AppleWorks and Spreadsheets
- Subject: AUGD: AppleWorks and Spreadsheets
- From: "Jim C." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:03:22 -0600
I never got into using AW for anything, never needed a spreadsheet
while I had even early versions of FileMaker ( before it was even
called FileMaker! ), it could just as easily display data as a
spreadsheet but offered all the advantages of a database for sorting
and finding record groups.
I see many people still complaining about lack of support from Apple
in providing spreadsheet capabilities in the iWork 'suite'. While I
agree that there is still nothing in it that would satisfy the
professional market, I would like to point out that there is already
a very capable spreadsheet application available for the Apple. AND
it does NOT come from Redmond, WA! ;-)
Until people realize that Microsoft is not the only software
developer ( except Apple ) they may never consider even looking for
alternatives to Word, Excel, etc. That's truly unfortunate as there
are excellent alternatives out there. For BOTH an excellent word
processor AND a spreadsheet, one need look no further than Mariner
Software. This company has been around for quite some time, is Mac
only and has two apps can read and write .doc and .xls formats. (
Actually, Calc can save as SLYK format ). And you can actually still
get versions for OS 9! This company cares about Mac users! ( No, I'm
not employed by them! Just a happy customer! )
Mariner Software: <http://www.marinersoftware.com/>
Mariner Calc: <http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=14>
Mariner Write: <http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=12>
Mariner Pack: <http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=88>
As for drawing and painting:
There is GraphicConverter, but I think PS Elements is much easier to
use by most people. It provides the biggest feature of PhotoShop:
layers and many others that may never be used by most people.
Drawing _is_ a different matter. There are some expensive programs
out there, but most home users will never need Bezier curves, even
when they learn how to spell them! OTOH, Elements provides some
limited drawing in that mode and, KeyNote and Pages also offer that
option.
Of course, none of these are provided free by Apple as AW was. But
buying all the above, even at full retail will be a lot cheaper than
paying MS upgrade costs. And the upgrade costs range from $ 0.00 ( GC
) to $79 ( Elements ) [except for iWorks, of course, which never
"upgrades"].
J. Chaffin
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