[muglo] Re: AppleWorks Users Group (AWUG)

Martin, I would be interested in attending a "future get together" or 
a "SIG meeting" regarding the Appleworks database.  It is similar to 
FMP, but I'm still having trouble getting the hang of certain 
features that seemed effortless with FMP.

Leith

>On Jan 27,2007, at 3:10 PM, Leith Peterson wrote:
>
>>  As others have mentioned, FileMaker Pro is expensive, but I used it
>>  with OS 9 and liked it very much.  I'm hoping to get FMP for OS 10
>>  eventually, but in the interim I am using the AppleWorks 6 database.
>>  I'm still on a learning curve with the latter.
>
>I would be pleased to run a demo of Appleworks database at a future get
>together or as a SIG meeting.  The learning curve is not that steep as
>the database due it's flat file nature is relatively easy to learn.  A
>side benifit is that many of the techniques learned there can be
>applied to FMP.
>
>As I have previously stated here in other threads, I still find the AW
>wp a reasonably good basic word editor.  In most cases it does just
>fine for many basic things.  The program is getting a little long in
>the tooth since it has not been updated in a long time.  The iWorks
>series probably offers more current features but lacks a spreadsheet
>and a simplified database function similar to AW.  Having said that I
>think the days of an all-in-one program are over given the capabilities
>of modern OSs and programming.
>
>Martin

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