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Jewish World Review August 24, 2007 / 10 Elul, 5767 The end of Microsoft Office? By Mark Kellner http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | If Mark Twain once spoke of the "exaggerated" reports of his demise, the same might be applied to Microsoft Corp.'s Office productivity suite, but only slightly. As with Belshazzar's party guests, however, it is possible to view the handwriting on the wall thanks to recent events. Last week, Google, which apparently is bound and determined to take over the online world, added Sun's StarOffice software to its "Google Pack" of free applications PC users can download. StarOffice, as discussed here previously, is a productivity suite which rivals Microsoft Office's functions of word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentations and graphics. It's very good, and very capable on many levels. Both the Google Pack and StarOffice run only on computers running Microsoft Windows; there's some Google software for the Mac and OpenOffice.org offers a version of StarOffice for Mac users. But the Mac side isn't bereft of alternatives: in addition to the recently reviewed NisusWriter Pro, which I like, comes Apple's own "IWork '08," , released on August 7. This bundle, which retails for $79, offers new editions of the Pages word processor and Keynote presentation software, as well as "Numbers," which is a basic spreadsheet. That $79 price is about 20-percent of the cost of Microsoft's Office 2004, the "latest" software the firm has for the Mac, though a new Mac Office is due sometime next year. IWork '08 is not the kind of robust, hard-charging office productivity suite those of us who are "knowledge workers" wrestle with on a daily basis. There are templates in Pages, and very creative ones, for letters, reports, business cards and the like. But the layouts are more "artistic" and in some cases less formal, than what you'd find in Microsoft Word. The Numbers spreadsheet can do many things, though it doesn't incorporate all of the "macro" commands that are found in Microsoft Excel. Hence, while I could open and edit a corporate expense report form in Numbers, the Excel printout was far better since the Mac version of Excel read the Windows Excel "macros" perfectly. The Keynote presentation program is, frankly, in a class by itself. I'll bet that each and every one of those PowerPoint slide shows we sit through in business would be improved just by using Keynote, which is brilliant in its simplicity and powerful in its effects. This software alone is worth the $79 IWork price tag. And while there may be some hiccups going from Microsoft Excel to Apple's Numbers, there's less heartache going from IWork to Office: each component has an "export" feature which will save a file into an equivalent Microsoft format. Whether each IWork "effect" will translate is a question I've not answered yet, but I imagine most basic ones would move easily. For those who wish to duplicate certain Microsoft Office macros in the equivalent IWork programs, I'm guessing that trial-and-error, plus the group collaboration which is the Internet today, will enable most of these. But that's a small price to pay for the freedom and low-price of iWork '08. The writing screen in Pages is remarkably uncluttered, which is nice. Adding key features — a text box, table or chart — is a click away. The same goes for photos, which is easy thanks to the media "browser" included in the program. There's a lot to like in IWork, if you're a Mac user; there's much to admire in StarOffice for PC users. Both of these might make Microsoft nervous, particularly IWork, with a very slick interface, stunning features and wallet-friendly price. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. JWR contributor Mark Kellner has reported on technology for industry newspapers and magazines since 1983, and has been the computer columnist for The Washington Times since 1991.Comment by clicking here. Archives © 2007, News World Communications, Inc. Reprinted with permission of The Washington Times. Visit the paper at http://www.washingtontimes.com

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