Apple iWork 08, A Worthy Upgrade

Office 2007 arrived late last year to much fanfare. Compared to previous versions, it was a huge step forward, despite the fact that many found the new ribbons to be a true pain. One problem I have with the program is how clunky it can be. I use Excel 2007 quite often, and often it will reset a few of my options (color/graph), so that I have to go through the entire creation process again. Seems so needless, but by the looks of things, Apples latest iWork 08 is doing most things right.

Lifehacker has taken a look at the latest version of Numbers (spreadsheet) to see if it lives up to the hype, and overall they are impressed. Like any piece of software, there are a few issues, but those issues seem to be outweighed by the applications shining features.

We decided to give Numbers a test drive ourselves to see if it really deserves all the praise. In fact, while Numbers isn’t a revelation, it does for spreadsheets what the iPod did for MP3 players. Numbers adds polish, ease-of-use and some beautiful “duh, of COURSE it should work that way!” features to spreadsheets.

Source: Lifehacker