AppleWorks 6.2 [OLD VERSION]

by Apple

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005N525
• Item model number: M8389Z/A
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 16, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,678 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #28 in Software > Business & Office > Spreadsheet
  • #46 in Software > Children's Software > Art & Creativity
  • #60 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Clip Art
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

AppleWorks features six applications for your core tasks: word processing, page layout, image editing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations. This version of AppleWorks opens and saves Microsoft Word and Excel files using DataViz translators, and converts your documents to PDF using Print Preview in Mac OS X. You can add text, images, sounds, movies, spreadsheets, charts, and tables to any document by dragging and dropping. For presentations, you can include titles, captions, pictures, music, and video, sort your slides using drag and drop, and prepare speaker's notes for each slide. You can also use an assistant or template to get a head start on your document, and tap an expanding library of Internet-based templates. There are also over 50 fonts in a variety of styles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intuitive like Apple itself, October 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: AppleWorks 6.2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I recently made the leap to Macs from Windows and the ominous MS Word. In short, I hate Word. MS must assume that it's customers are idiots, why else do they make Word assume things for you (such as when and how to indent, capitalize words and, number items.) I chose Apple and Appleworks 6.2 b/c it offered me complete control over my documents. I found it to be intuitive and powerful. To find out it's true power, however, you might have to play around with it a little at first, esp. if your are fresh off of Word. But all in all I am very pleased with this very unassuming product. Also, being an Apple user and more specifically an Appleworks user in a Win/Word world the data translator makes it easy to translate docs from AW to Word, even cross-platform. CHEERS APPLE!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In terms of value, best productivity suite available, July 11, 2002

By 

Greg Nyquist (Eureka, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AppleWorks 6.2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Like some of the other reviewers, I'm rather surprised at the number of negative reviews that Appleworks has received. While it is true that Appleworks is not as powerful as Microsoft Office, it is much less expensive and clearly represents a better value. The word processer part of it (the part that most people will use) is more intuitive and easier to use than Microsoft Word. True, Word is more powerful; but it costs $350 and requires a manual to use. I have never needed to use a manual to use Appleworks. You have complete control of your documents and you don't have to summon up the help application to figure out how to do common tasks like formatting paragraphs or adding links. Those who have mastered the complexities of MS Word and who require its special features may not like Appleworks. But for the rest of us, it more than meets our needs.

Also, one thing more: I have never had any trouble with Appleworks' translators from cwk to word format. I'm not sure why so many people have reported having trouble with it. I translated an entire book from Appleworks to PC MS Word, preserving the formats and special lettering instructions without any trouble at all. In any case, this wouldn't be a problem if people would show more courtesy to non-MS users (Macs and Linux) and not insist on sending them doc formatted files. PDF and rtf are far better cross-platform alternatives.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Appleworks is a versatile swiss army knife, October 25, 2001

By 

tobe harvey - See all my reviews

This review is from: AppleWorks 6.2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Appleworks 6.2 for Mac OS 10.1 has everything a beginning computer user needs. I used Appleworks 5 for writing my Master's Thesis. The painting application works great for making simple works of art. The spreadsheet application is handy and simple. Appleworks 6.2 includes a new slide show application. The word processing application is easy to use and powerful when used with Casady and Greens Gramarian application. Apple works is a simple program which is perfect for beginners at home and even in the office. The addition of translators to Appleworks inspired me to update to 6.2. I can now work with word documents and pdf formats. That is great! All this for only 79 dollars, that is a fair price.
The most dissapointing feature to 6.2 is the fact that the button bar doesn't move. Also, I have found that the dock placed on the left or right side of the screen interfers with the document windows size. It is easily corrected by moving the dock, or draging the window larger.
The earlier review seems odd to me in that he says he had a problem with crashing. I have not had one crash yet. Mac OS X.1 is stable, and Appleworks seems stable also. I think the problem the first reviewer had was of his own making, not the application or the OS. I suggest buying this product for the new features and the translators. However, I think Appleworks 7 built solely for Mac OS 10 will be much better. When comparing the 400 dollar plus cost of Office to the 79 dollar cost of Appleworks, Appleworks seems like a bargain.