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<blockquote data-quote="djames42" data-source="post: 401201" data-attributes="member: 13241">Well Pages (actually iWork) doesn't yet have a spreadsheet. It does have built-in tables with some simple formulas, but it's nothing compared to what you're using now.iWork '07 is expected to have a <a href="http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0701iwork.html" target="_blank">spreadsheet application</a> built-in, so I'd hold off until then if I were you. Other than that, I've switched over to Pages from Word for all of my personal word processing (I still use Word at the office at least half the time, partially because it's the only thing I can find that supports mail-merge to email). Pages is so much easier to use for layouts because of its de-cluttered interface. It has a few quirks (like setting borders on tables is not straightforward and requires several visits to multiple tabs in the inspector), but otherwise I really like it.If you want an updated alternative to AppleWorks, you should look into OpenOffice or NeoOffice. Both are free Office replacements (NeoOffice is simply a MacOS port of the X11-based OpenOffice) and contain word processing, spreadsheet, database and drawing applications.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="djames42, post: 401201, member: 13241"] Well Pages (actually iWork) doesn't yet have a spreadsheet. It does have built-in tables with some simple formulas, but it's nothing compared to what you're using now. iWork '07 is expected to have a [URL="http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0701iwork.html"]spreadsheet application[/URL] built-in, so I'd hold off until then if I were you. Other than that, I've switched over to Pages from Word for all of my personal word processing (I still use Word at the office at least half the time, partially because it's the only thing I can find that supports mail-merge to email). Pages is so much easier to use for layouts because of its de-cluttered interface. It has a few quirks (like setting borders on tables is not straightforward and requires several visits to multiple tabs in the inspector), but otherwise I really like it. If you want an updated alternative to AppleWorks, you should look into OpenOffice or NeoOffice. Both are free Office replacements (NeoOffice is simply a MacOS port of the X11-based OpenOffice) and contain word processing, spreadsheet, database and drawing applications. [/QUOTE]

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