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I have both and the short comings are slim but there are a few items that stand out for me. In iWorks there is not a way to use an external database like Filemaker--a user is limited to importing fields only from Address Book. That's not smart. There is not an easy way to save default settings for new documents (you have to make your own default template), and the grammar & spell checker are weak features at best.

Now to say that is not to slight Apple in their attempts to have a office suite. I've purposely uninstalled Office to make a decision on whether I would keep the iWork suite after a semester. iWorks can and does get the job done (I have been an Office user for many years and once I learned to navigate iWorks I felt like I've been using the product for years).

Microsoft Office has its quirks as well but they are minimum and that is only because I've been using the product for years. I'm conditioned to work around some things. My biggest dislike for Office is the lack of VBA in the suite. However, VBA in Microsoft's Office 2004 was not blazing a trail.

Open Office has its place and I have nothing bad to say about it. I've used it and think it is decent but years behind Office.

I'm curious to know what others think. Is one product better than the rest? Does it matter what people use as long as we can import and export to and from a common file format? I personally think that the lines are blurring and that's a good thing for consumers.

I wait to read your comments.
Posted by: HouseOfZen   Posted on: 03/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Have Both  HouseOfZen | 03/03/08
Bento?  lantzn | 03/03/08
Re: Have Both...  Demzon | 03/03/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  rpaula978 | 03/03/08
EXTREME (ODF); I think that's the invested term used for Apple iWorks ?  rtirman37@... | 03/03/08
Oil and water  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
No such need.  fde101 | 03/03/08
Predicates  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
Ah, but It's not Office 2007/2008's way or the highway all the time...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
Compatability pack  3D0G | 03/03/08
There's a Mac beta of it too  nix_hed | 03/03/08
Just for clarity  Michael Kelly | 03/03/08
Those patent are invalid in most of the world, as they are  hkommedal | 03/03/08
NeoOffice Does mso2k7  dsdean@... | 03/20/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  asad.quraishi@... | 03/03/08
OpenOffice 3 Beta is out and available for the Mac  jorjitop | 07/19/08
One thing to remember  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
Typo alert  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
True  DannyO_0x98 | 03/03/08
Tend to agree  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
Greenback votes  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
Fortunately, in this case  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
The minority should rule?  jorjitop | 03/04/08
and?  doh123 | 03/03/08
08 is just the Mac version of 07  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
I agree  mrdatahs ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
Chris: 2 apps you SHOULD know about  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
Or ...  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
Not quite  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
No, it reads/writes MSXML  j.m.galvin | 03/03/08
Points for the '08  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/03/08
Not true  HouseOfZen | 03/03/08
@Zen...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
OpenOffice  sir4taye@... | 03/03/08
Didn't you answer your own question?  TripleII | 03/03/08
What else can you expect?  markbn | 03/03/08
Not really...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
If you know his history  frgough | 07/18/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  starcannon99022@... | 03/03/08
OpenOffice Aqua native  putt1ck | 03/03/08
have you used...  doh123 | 03/03/08
No Mac!  putt1ck | 03/04/08
Wait a minute...  dog15bert | 03/03/08
How easy does it really need to be???  Narg | 03/03/08
Just teach them all to save to .rtf  ajole | 03/03/08
.rtf works for word processors...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
OpenOffice has the international standard formats, it is MS which doesn't  Sodbuster41 | 03/03/08
What you missed was, however...  nix_hed | 03/03/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  bklnpoet | 03/04/08
Nit-pick  JDThompson | 03/04/08
Excel 08 Crashes!!!  dlbeard@... | 03/05/08
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read the version number 08 not 07  stevey_d | 07/19/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  morganchiu | 03/08/08
Numbers vs. Excel  jlpaluch@... | 07/18/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  deowll | 07/18/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  Kenneth@... | 07/19/08
iWorks 08 is Our Choice  ArrowQuick | 08/16/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  WSguru | 11/01/08
RE: Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice  becomingamac | 04/06/09

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