3vmike Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ok, so my friend and I were having a debate and I'd like to pose the question to all of you. iWork or Office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Office 2007 here, because a: I don't use Mac and b: its a standard. If your sharing a lot of documents between other people stick to Office but if its just for personal use stick to what you like IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullArray Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well, I got office for free and it's got a lot of whirlygigs and giggledrops that aren't very useful to me... Pages is fineish for basic reports and essays, even google docs works perfectly fine for that. Pages also makes super good looking documents. Keynote is the real winner here and is FAR better than Powerpoint in my opinion. Presentations come out beautifully and are dead simple to make! Numbers is still pretty weak I'm told, but my spreadsheet use is extremely limited, and it's covered by Numbers (and Google Docs). I guess the reason I really like it is because it works like an OSX application, so everything "clicks" with me automatically. I have a feeling that there is going to be a whole crowd of non-mac using folks that are going to trash iWork and vote for Office. 'tevs, iWork hasn't failed me yet and has only done good, sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, its aokayforme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaFe Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I use Keynote for presentations and OpenOffice for everything else office related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well I really hate the Office 2007 UI, but I haven't used it a lot anyway. I played around with iWork a little and found it interesting, they've done some things well but it has a little bit of a learning curve. Personally I use Open Office because of using Linux a decent amount and having the ability to run it on windows and os x means that I can keep the same application for all my systems. The fact is free also has something to do with it. As for formats, I hardly distribute documents anyway really, most of my work is text files. But if I do create a document the last thing I normally do is export to PDF. PDF has really taken over from everything, documents, slideshows etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 del this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullArray Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ok, so my friend and I were having a debate and I'd like to pose the question to all of you. iWork or Office? I assumed that this post was for Mac users only, which means Windows/*nix users shouldn't vote. amirite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 It depends on what im doing for me. If its for school, I'll use Office 2008 just so I can use it on the school computers (which have Office 97). If I am able to use my laptop (which I sometimes am) I will use iWork, I just find it easier to use and you can add alot better (and more discrete) effect to make things smoother and the built in themes seem to be built for presenting rather than adapted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3vmike Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Originally, yes the poll was supposed to be only for mac users, but our's is a party of inclusion and so everyone's opinions matter. Tho I am wondering why this post should be deleted, seams like a valid poll to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-wtf Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Office 2008 darkbluebox? I have never really got to grips with the iwork interface, due to my limited contact with mac systems. Office 07 has been a winner for me, but there are compatability issues with it and 03 that really piss me off, such as the save as, then a load of scrolling to 03.. That is the only problem i have with it. Oh and the security updates that totaled 100mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansichild Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I use vi and sometimes vim. or #echo "" >> output.fil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I did not vote (no suprise there) mainly because I have never used a mac, and in such I think it would sway me, but truthfully I hate office, and have never heard of the iwrite app. I like open office and here is why: a. it's free b. it does everything that everything else does c. 99% of docs created in oo is undetectable as not being made in office by microsoft leetist teachers (and hell yah there are tons out there) d. it's crossplatform e. little/no learning curve f. very stable. btw, for code, what little i do, it's notepad++ 4 me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Would use it if I had a mac I guess. We are stuck on Office 03 at work and use 07 at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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