Tag: IWORK

Have you ever received an iWork file created in Pages, Numbers, or Keynote on a Mac, and not had any way to deal with it? Next time, try changing the file's extension to .zip, then unzip it with your favorite zip utility. Inside you should find a PDF preview document containing a nicely formatted version of the document in question. It seems strange that Apple doesn't promote this fact more, as ...

It's been almost 17 months to the day since Apple last made significant (paid) updates to their flagship iWork productivity suite, but the company has announced that iWork 09 is now available. All three iWork applications have seen updates, and Apple has also announced an iWork.com Public Beta allowing users to view and comment on iWork documents. Among the changes to the desktop applications, ...

I remember Claris. What a great little tool, ClarisWorks. Then Apple snarfed the company back up, and it became AppleWorks. And let's face it, aside from an ugly port to OS X, AppleWorks has remained the "free with your iBook" crappy Office knockoff it's been for years. But I had no idea they still offered AppleWorks for Windows. What a world. And why bother? OpenOffice is fantastic in ...