http://www.usingmyhead.com/2008/02/06/microsoft-office-alternatives-for-macs/ helping people & organisations make sense of the online world Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.usingmyhead.com/2008/02/06/microsoft-office-alternatives-for-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-223 mikocoffey Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:42:44 +0000 http://www.usingmyhead.com/2008/02/06/microsoft-office-alternatives-for-macs/#comment-223 Update: I went ahead and purchased iWork, mainly for the presentation tool. I really do rate Keynote. HOWEVER: Numbers is shockingly bad. I still use Neo Office for spreadsheets. How on earth did Apple manage to release what is supposed to be an Excel equivalent without including one of the most commonly used features: you cannot Freeze Panes in iWork Numbers. I nearly pulled my hair out. The forums just say 'you have to work in Print view' but if you have a lot of data, that's no help because in Print view it's too small to see! Also Print View makes things flow onto separate pages, which is no help on wide spreadsheets. Urgh! Update: I went ahead and purchased iWork, mainly for the presentation tool. I really do rate Keynote. HOWEVER: Numbers is shockingly bad. I still use Neo Office for spreadsheets. How on earth did Apple manage to release what is supposed to be an Excel equivalent without including one of the most commonly used features: you cannot Freeze Panes in iWork Numbers. I nearly pulled my hair out. The forums just say ‘you have to work in Print view’ but if you have a lot of data, that’s no help because in Print view it’s too small to see! Also Print View makes things flow onto separate pages, which is no help on wide spreadsheets. Urgh!

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