Comments on: Speaking of which … /2007/speaking-of-which/ less helpful Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: dan /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2093 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:40:32 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2093 Ya got the Inspector in Pages?! Sold. I’m sold.

]]> By: Tim /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2090 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:30:41 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2090 “There seems little point in developing a tutorial for Pages/Keynote, given its niche appeal.”

Agreed. Sadly, there’s not much point in teaching students and/or other teachers how to use Pages and Keynote. You should really check out Pages, though. If you’re used to Appleworks, it shouldn’t be too big of a transition. And I think it’ll open Appleworks files (there might be some translation issues, of course). And if you like the layout capabilities of Appleworks, you’ll _really_ like Pages. The Inspector that you’re probably using/enjoying in Keynote is also in Pages, putting all your editing needs in one clean, easy to use package.

That being said, I’m keeping MS Word until the rest of the world catches on. But I’m not holding my breath… ;-)

]]> By: brian /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2068 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:32:22 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2068 As it has been stated, Word, Excel, PPT, and I am starting to use publisher. I use excel for everything since I do quite abit of mail merge, data entry and it works great. Coming from an administrators point of view using these programs is simple since every one seems to know how to open, use, and change most of them.
I am excited about google docs and the possibility of using it for some data gathering in one place.
Brian

]]> By: dan /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2059 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:40:26 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2059 Tim, I’ve been using AppleWorks since day one. I haven’t upgraded yet, mostly for fear that my old files won’t convert to Pages, but I’m pretty excited about it. That and Keynote 3.

For my part in this survey, the layout capabilities of AppleWorks run laps around that of Word. Maybe it’s just a matter of familiarity, but I second the love.

Apple offers the same features with only a fraction of PowerPoint / Word’s screen real-estate. There seems little point in developing a tutorial for Pages/Keynote, given its niche appeal.

]]> By: e /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2058 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:47:06 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2058 To mrc: there is. You can draw your diagrams in xfig (which I believe is free) or anything really that’ll save a diagram in eps, jpg, pdf, gif … You then just use something like \include, or \import to put them in. Latex is cool, and math is pretty :)

]]> By: blueheartteacher /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2053 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:29:30 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2053 Word every time. The new version of MS office has some nice features that can allow you to publish directly to a blog as well without losing the formatting. That is something that I’ve been looking for awhile. I’ve come to appreciate the integration of word/excel/and powerpoint when necessary. Especially the ease of adding, and simple manipulation of simple graphics.

]]> By: Tim /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2052 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:21:37 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2052 Pages, my friend, Pages. Since you’re already a Keynote user who is into graphic design, I suspect you may already use this.

Pages has everything I need and none of the zillions of “features” of Word that I don’t need. And I find that working with text and graphics in Pages is way easier than in word. Obviously, the fact that nobody else uses it can be an issue for some people, but I manage to work around it most of the time.

]]> By: Jeff /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2047 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:12:32 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2047 Word, which I hate, but which both the school and I own.

I have a super-old, garage-sale copy of Photoshop LE, which I’ll use when I need to make something amazing, which is rarely.

]]> By: mrc /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2043 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:06:11 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2043 My geek cred is shot: I do all my worksheets with Word, MathType, and screen shots from OSX Grapher.

But since I got that Latex plugin on my blog, I’ve been wanting to switch over to some kind of Latex formatter. I just can’t figure out if there’s any easy way to get diagrams into the mix. I remember in college that some kids figured out how to use Latex to type up their homework so that it looked just like the stuff the profs were handing out. At the time, I thought they were dorks. Which was true, but I still should have learned that stuff and I didn’t. Maybe over the summer…

]]> By: Per /2007/speaking-of-which/#comment-2040 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:56:25 +0000 /?p=188#comment-2040 Word. MATLAB for graphs

(I really should learn LaTex)…

/Per Sjunnesson

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