[DM-MUG] AppleWorks & iPod

[Bailey Ford]

On Apr 21, 2004, at 6:47 PM, John Kisner wrote:

> I'm new to this list and have two questions:
>
> 1) I moved from ClarisWorks to AppleWorks but now find myself at 
> something of a dead end.  Without macros, I find AppleWorks really 
> showing its age under OSX.  I like the program at a sentimental level, 
> but find myself switching over to Excel for more and more of my 
> spreadsheet work.  (I still like AppleWorks for word processing).  My 
> question: is there any talk of AppleWorks getting a true upgrade to 
> become the "Keynote" of productivity software?  Or is AppleWorks just 
> something Apple keeps alive to make sure MicroSoft does not abandon 
> the Mac?

I think there are a great many people hoping for this. I agree - 
AppleWorks does what it does pretty well, but is starting to seem 
pretty feature-thin. The rumor mill certainly talks about this 
happening with some frequency - often through Apple using one of the 
open source alternatives kind of like it did with Safari. I think most 
everyone believes you have to have M$ Office file compatibility to make 
it useful.


> 2) My iPod is great, but I don't use it with headphones because the 
> loudness seems to vary so much from one imported CD to another.  (I 
> know there is the Soundcheck button in prefs, but it doesn't seem to 
> solve the problem.)  Is there something else I should be doing to keep 
> songs at a consistent decibel level?

There are a couple of things. The first one it sounds like you may have 
done - to check the soundcheck button in the prefs and then allow 
iTunes enough idle time to analyze all you tracks. I'm actually not 
sure that this sound leveling translates to the iPod. For that, you may 
need to use a customized equalizer setting (which IS transfered to the 
iPod). Open up the EQ. On the left you'll find a volume adjuster.

-bailey