Wiley iWork '09 For Dummies 978-0-470-43372-0 User Manual

In This Chapter

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Leaving the past behind

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The iWork timesavers: Do it once, do it right, and reuse it

W

ord processing and spreadsheet applications are among the most 
widely used software products on personal computers; presentation 

software is a close runner-up. Having started from scratch on the hardware 
side and then the operating system side, people at Apple started dreaming 
about what they could do if they were to start from scratch to write modern 
versions of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs. They 
knew they’d have to follow their recent advertising campaign theme: Think 
Different.

Freed from supporting older operating systems or from foregoing features 
that couldn’t be implemented on Windows, they began to dream about how 
good those programs could be if they could start over.

So they did.

Welcome to iWork.

 

I assume you already have a Mac with iWork ’09 installed. If you need more 
assistance with installations, go to www.apple.com/support/software.

Living the Suite Life

A suite of applications provides a collection of applications that can work 
together. For example:

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Adobe Creative Suite combines graphics-oriented applications.

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Apple iLife combines iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iWeb, iDVD, and 
GarageBand.