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    OpenApple: Apple Takes on Office, Gently

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    October 12, 2006
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      Apple will step on yet another of Microsofts toes early next year when the Mac maker unveils the next version of its iWork productivity suite, complete with a new spreadsheet application.

      Sources report that iWork 07 will gain this new third component, code-named Lasso, which will go to bat against Microsoft Excel in the consumer and small-office space.

      The new application will arrive in addition to the upgraded Pages 3 and Keynote 4 programs, Apples current answers to Word and PowerPoint.

      While Lasso will lack the depth of Excel, Apple expects the software to strike a chord with the many spreadsheet users who dont require extremely specialized functionality.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to read more about Apples iWork desktop productivity suite.

      Nonetheless, customers can count on Lasso to be far more robust than Apples last stab at spreadsheets, a component of the companys all-in-one AppleWorks productivity suite that last saw a major release in 2000 and has long since been discontinued.

      Lasso will support importing of both Excel and AppleWorks documents, sources say, and will also be able to save spreadsheets in Excel format.

      Lassos function editor will sport more than 200 hundred functions that will span a number of needs, from financial to statistical and possibly niche applications such as engineering, sources say.

      Lasso will also feature limited integration with the Internet, making it easy, for example, for users to create a spreadsheet that automatically downloads and inputs updated stock market information at a specified interval.

      Wrapping such functionality in an attractive, straightforward interface will be Lassos strong suit, bringing practical, advanced capabilities to the masses.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifRead the full story on PCMag.com: OpenApple: Apple Takes on Office, Gently

      /zimages/6/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, reviews and analysis on Apple in the enterprise.

      ThinkSecret.com Staff

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