AppleWorks
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| Use: | Office suite
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| Website: | www.apple.com/appleworks |
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| Use: | Office suite
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AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer. In 1998, the name AppleWorks was repurposed by Apple following its elimination of its Claris subsidiary, which marketed a software package for Macintosh and Windows named ClarisWorks.
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[edit] AppleWorks (Apple II)
The original AppleWorks was one of the first integrated office suites for personal computers, featuring a word processor, spreadsheet, and database merged into a single program. It was written by Robert Lissner and released in 1984 by Apple for the Apple II family of computers. Leery of stepping on the toes of its third-party developers, Apple did almost no promotion, but AppleWorks nevertheless became the best-selling software package on any computer.
Apple released version 2.0 in 1986, and then a year later the program was published by Apple's new software subsidiary Claris. Claris upgraded AppleWorks to version 3.0 in 1989, then turned its attention to producing Macintosh and Windows software, letting AppleWorks languish. Claris did, however, finally agree to license the AppleWorks trademark to Quality Computers, which released AppleWorks 4.0 in 1993 and AppleWorks 5.0 in 1994.
In 1988, Claris acquired an integrated package called GS Works from StyleWare and renamed it AppleWorks GS, bringing the AppleWorks brand to the 16-bit Apple IIgs, though no code from the 8-bit Apple II version was used. In addition to the word processing, database, and spreadsheet functions, AppleWorks GS also included telecommunications, page layout and graphics modules.
In the mid 1980's many companies were providing "add ons" to Apple Works. One of the most successful was the "Timeout" series from Beagle Bros.
The 8-bit AppleWorks is sometimes known as "AppleWorks Classic" in order to differentiate it from AppleWorks GS as well as the later product for Macintosh and Windows of the same name. The term "Classic" in this context does not refer to the Classic compatibility environment in Mac OS X.
[edit] AppleWorks (Macintosh/Windows)
The modern incarnation of AppleWorks started life as ClarisWorks, written by Bob Hearn and Scott Holdaway and published by Claris. ClarisWorks combined a word processor, a drawing program, a painting program, a spreadsheet, a database program, and a terminal program for communications. All the components were integrated to provide a seamless suite that worked in concert; for example, spreadsheet frames could be embedded in a word processing document, or formatted text into drawings, etc. A common misconception is that the components were derived from the existing Claris programs MacWrite and MacDraw. In fact, ClarisWorks was written from scratch and then redesigned to match other Claris programs after the purchase by Claris.
ClarisWorks 1.0 shipped for the Macintosh in 1991 and subsequently ported to the Windows platform, shipping as ClarisWorks 1.0 for Windows in 1993. When the Claris company was disbanded and absorbed back into Apple, the product was renamed AppleWorks. In fact, version 5 of the software was first called ClarisWorks 5, before being renamed AppleWorks 5 following the company's return to Apple.
The latest version, AppleWorks 6, replaced the communications feature with a presentation feature. It was also Carbonized to work on Mac OS X, but it does not take advantage of many of the newer features of Mac OS X.
AppleWorks can create, open, and save files in a number of file formats. For example, word processor documents can be saved in Word format, and spreadsheet files can be saved in Microsoft Excel format.
At one time, AppleWorks was bundled with all consumer level Macs sold by Apple. Although AppleWorks for Mac OS X is still available for purchase today, it is no longer bundled with new Macs and has not been updated since 2004. Some consider iWork to be a replacement for AppleWorks, but iWork is not integrated and does not include spreadsheet, drawing, or database features.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Apple: AppleWorks
- A Brief History of ClarisWorks - A history of ClarisWorks/AppleWorks from one of the original developers, Bob Hearn.
- Apple II History: AppleWorks - Chapter of an Apple II History dedicated to AppleWorks.
- ClarisWorks/AppleWorks History
- The Life and Times of AppleWorks GS
- GUIdebook > Articles > "Apple II User Interfaces"
| Apple Computer software | |
|---|---|
| OS: | Mac OS X | Mac OS 9 |
| Consumer: | .Mac | iLife | iTunes | iWork | Mac OS X |
| Prosumer: | Final Cut Express | Logic Express |
| Pro: | Aperture | Final Cut Studio | Logic Pro | Shake |
| Bundled: | Front Row | iChat | Photo Booth | QuickTime | Safari | TextEdit |
| Server: | Apple Remote Desktop | Mac OS X Server | WebObjects | Xsan |
| Discontinued: | AppleWorks | HyperCard | MacDraw | Mac OS | MacPaint | MacProject | MacTerminal | MacWrite |
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