<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
was	O
an	O
integrated	O
office	O
suite	O
containing	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Rupert	O
Lissner	O
for	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
originally	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
platform	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
reworked	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	O
subsidiary	O
Claris	O
created	O
the	O
new	O
successor	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
for	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
applications	O
do	O
not	O
share	O
any	O
code	O
with	O
the	O
8-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
absorbed	O
Claris	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
was	O
changed	O
to	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
all	O
consumer-level	O
Macintoshes	B-Device
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
until	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
had	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
in	O
several	O
years	O
and	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	O
processors	O
shipping	O
in	O
new	O
Macs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
had	O
reached	O
end-of-life	O
status	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
instead	O
promoted	O
its	O
recently	O
launched	O
iWork	B-Application
suite	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
presentation	B-Application
applications	O
with	O
capabilities	O
similar	O
to	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
directly	O
compatible	O
with	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Rupert	O
Lissner	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
integrated	O
office	O
suites	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
database	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
as	O
a	O
demonstration	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
128k	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
Apple	O
published	O
Lissner	O
's	O
Quick	O
File	O
,	O
a	O
database	O
program	O
that	O
closely	O
resembled	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
database	O
module	O
,	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
favored	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Pascal	I-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
so	O
Lissner	O
initially	O
wrote	O
Quick	O
File	O
in	O
that	O
language	O
at	O
Apple	O
's	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lissner	O
preferred	O
coding	O
in	O
assembly	O
language	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
rewrote	O
Quick	O
File	O
in	O
assembly	O
on	O
his	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
and	O
,	O
by	O
summer	O
of	O
1983	O
,	O
he	O
had	O
added	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
modules	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
initially	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
distribute	O
both	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Apple	O
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
and	O
sold	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
version	O
to	O
Haba	O
Systems	O
,	O
who	O
marketed	O
it	O
as	O
III	O
E-Z	O
Pieces	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
shortly	O
before	O
Apple	O
released	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
programs	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
exchange	O
data	O
through	O
a	O
common	O
clipboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
application	O
programs	O
had	O
mainly	O
been	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
older	O
II/II	O
+	O
line	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
which	O
only	O
has	O
48k	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
40-column	O
text	O
without	O
an	O
add-on	O
card	O
,	O
thus	O
limiting	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Appleworks	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
IIe	O
and	O
IIc	O
models	O
which	O
have	O
more	O
RAM	O
,	O
standard	O
80-column	O
text	O
,	O
an	O
optional	O
numeric	O
keypad	O
,	O
cursor	O
keys	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
ProDOS	O
operating	O
system	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
DOS	O
3.3	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
standard	O
on	O
48k	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
debuted	O
at	O
#2	O
on	O
Softalk	O
's	O
monthly	O
bestseller	O
list	O
and	O
quickly	O
became	O
the	O
best-selling	O
software	O
package	O
on	O
any	O
computer	O
,	O
ousting	O
even	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
from	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
industry-wide	O
sales	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
software	O
subsidiary	O
Claris	O
sold	O
the	O
one	O
millionth	O
copy	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
in	O
December	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
and	O
Lissner	O
provided	O
limited	O
technical	O
information	O
on	O
modifying	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
helping	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
substantial	O
market	O
for	O
third-party	O
accessories	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
released	O
version	O
2.0	O
in	O
1986	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Claris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
September	O
1986	O
issue	O
of	O
inCider	O
contained	O
two	O
AppleWorks-related	O
articles	O
;	O
advertisements	O
for	O
two	O
AppleWorks-related	O
expansion	O
cards	O
from	O
Applied	O
Engineering	O
,	O
an	O
application	O
promising	O
to	O
let	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
run	O
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Plus	O
with	O
an	O
80-column	O
display	O
board	O
,	O
an	O
AppleWorks-dedicated	O
newsletter	O
called	O
The	O
Main	O
Menu	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
AppleWorks-related	O
product	O
from	O
Beagle	O
Bros	O
;	O
many	O
other	O
advertisements	O
that	O
mentioned	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
;	O
and	O
a	O
column	O
criticizing	O
companies	O
that	O
developed	O
AppleWorks-related	O
products	O
instead	O
of	O
new	O
ones	O
(	O
"	O
thinks	O
small	O
and	O
innovates	O
nothing	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
Beagle	O
Bros	O
released	O
the	O
TimeOut	O
series	O
for	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
and	O
grossed	O
millions	O
of	O
dollars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
the	O
UltraMacros	O
programming	O
language	O
they	O
included	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
third-party	O
developers	O
innovated	O
new	O
products	O
that	O
used	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
as	O
a	O
foundation	O
and	O
virtual	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Apple	O
Applications	O
reported	O
in	O
1987	O
that	O
"	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
has	O
become	O
a	O
frontier	O
for	O
software	O
developers	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
predicted	O
that	O
"	O
Soon	O
,	O
the	O
best	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
computer	O
line	O
will	O
require	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claris	O
contracted	O
with	O
Beagle	O
Bros	O
to	O
upgrade	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
to	O
version	O
3.0	O
in	O
1989	O
;	O
TimeOut	O
developers	O
Alan	O
Bird	O
,	O
Randy	O
Brandt	O
,	O
and	O
Rob	O
Renstrom	O
added	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
incorporated	O
numerous	O
TimeOut	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1989	O
,	O
Claris	O
turned	O
its	O
attention	O
to	O
producing	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
software	O
,	O
letting	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
languish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claris	O
did	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
agree	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
trademark	O
to	O
Quality	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TimeOut	O
developers	O
Randy	O
Brandt	O
and	O
Dan	O
Verkade	O
then	O
created	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
4.0	O
in	O
1993	O
and	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
5.0	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Quality	O
Computers	O
along	O
with	O
training	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
8-bit	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
(	O
which	O
included	O
16-bit	O
memory	O
management	O
on	O
the	O
IIGS	B-Device
)	O
is	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
Classic	O
"	O
to	O
differentiate	O
it	O
from	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
GS	O
and	O
the	O
later	O
product	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Observers	O
had	O
expected	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
2.0	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
Macintosh-like	O
mouse-driven	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
but	O
inCider	O
reported	O
before	O
its	O
release	O
that	O
such	O
a	O
revision	O
had	O
been	O
delayed	O
because	O
of	O
"	O
problems	O
between	O
Apple	O
and	O
 [ Lissner ] 	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
nonetheless	O
very	O
popular	O
among	O
IIGS	B-Device
owners	O
;	O
in	O
December	O
1987	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Apple	O
Applications	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
hottest	O
product	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
is	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
from	O
the	O
IIe	O
and	O
IIc	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
wondered	O
in	O
an	O
editorial	O
,	O
"	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
Where	O
Are	O
You	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
a	O
IIGS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
or	O
another	O
AppleWorks-like	O
integrated	O
suite	O
"	O
could	O
galvanize	O
the	O
machine	O
's	O
sales	O
"	O
and	O
warned	O
that	O
otherwise	O
"	O
the	O
IIGS	B-Device
may	O
well	O
languish	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Claris	O
acquired	O
an	O
integrated	O
package	O
called	O
GS	O
Works	O
from	O
StyleWare	O
and	O
renamed	O
it	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
GS	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
brand	O
to	O
the	O
16-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
though	O
no	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
8-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functions	O
,	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
GS	O
also	O
includes	O
telecommunications	O
,	O
page	O
layout	O
and	O
graphics	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
GS	O
exists	O
,	O
progressing	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
1.1	O
;	O
a	O
vaporware	B-Application
2.0	O
update	O
was	O
rumored	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
just	O
short	O
of	O
completion	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
GS	O
can	O
open	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
files	O
without	O
needing	O
to	O
import	O
them	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1.1	O
1989	O
Supports	O
System	B-Application
Software	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
incarnation	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
began	O
as	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
,	O
written	O
by	O
Bob	O
Hearn	O
and	O
Scott	O
Holdaway	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Claris	O
,	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Apple	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
)	O
The	O
Creator	B-Operating_System
code	I-Operating_System
of	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
is	O
"	O
BOBO	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks	B-Device
combines	O
these	O
applications	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
in	O
version	O
6	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
equation	B-Application
editor	I-Application
based	O
on	O
MathType	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
(	O
in	O
version	O
6	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
components	O
are	O
integrated	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
seamless	O
suite	O
that	O
works	O
in	O
concert	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
frames	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
word	O
processing	O
document	O
,	O
or	O
formatted	O
text	O
into	O
drawings	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
components	O
are	O
not	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
contemporary	O
Claris	O
programs	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
MacDraw	B-Operating_System
but	O
written	O
from	O
scratch	O
and	O
then	O
redesigned	O
to	O
match	O
other	O
Claris	O
programs	O
after	O
the	O
purchase	O
by	O
Claris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks	B-Device
1.0	O
shipped	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
October	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks	B-Device
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks	B-Device
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks	B-Device
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Claris	O
company	O
was	O
disbanded	O
and	O
absorbed	O
back	O
into	O
Apple	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
;	O
version	O
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
product	O
's	O
return	O
to	O
Apple	O
and	O
was	O
briefly	O
called	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClarisWorks/AppleWorks	O
5	O
requires	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
7.0.1	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
5.0.4	O
patch	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
applied	O
in	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
,	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
6.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
,	O
requires	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
and	O
replaces	O
the	O
communications	O
module	O
with	O
a	O
presentation	B-Application
module	O
(	O
in	O
prior	O
versions	O
there	O
was	O
only	O
rudimentary	O
support	O
for	O
presentations	O
through	O
the	O
other	O
modules	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
to	O
work	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
,	O
but	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
Carbon	O
application	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
newer	O
features	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
still	O
retain	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Platinum	O
appearance	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
8/9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Claris	O
's	O
XTND	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
can	O
create	O
,	O
open	O
,	O
and	O
save	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
documents	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
format	O
,	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
files	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
in	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
a	O
drawing	O
"	O
frame	O
"	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
document	O
,	O
a	O
paint	O
frame	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
drawing	O
document	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Equation	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
by	O
Design	O
Science	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
MathType	B-Application
or	O
MathMagic	B-Application
equation	B-Application
editors	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
Apple	O
declared	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
"	O
end	O
of	O
life	O
"	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
sell	O
the	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iWork	B-Application
package	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
word	O
processing	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
presentation	B-Application
graphics	O
program	O
,	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
its	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
more	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
,	O
iWork	B-Application
still	O
lacks	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
modules	O
and	O
the	O
tight	O
integration	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
will	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
later	O
than	O
Snow	B-Device
Leopard	I-Device
because	O
it	O
is	O
compiled	O
for	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
word	O
processing	O
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
presentation	B-Application
files	O
can	O
be	O
opened	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
iWork	B-Application
applications	O
Pages	O
,	O
Numbers	O
,	O
and	O
Keynote	O
respectively	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
since	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
or	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
can	O
open	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
word	O
processing	O
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
presentation	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Appleworks	B-Device
(	O
.cwk	O
)	O
files	O
to	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
(	O
.docx	O
)	O
format	O
(	O
usable	O
by	O
Pages	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
command-line	O
interface	O
for	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
Apple-supplied	O
application	O
to	O
open	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
database	O
,	O
painting	O
,	O
or	O
drawing	O
files	O
without	O
converting	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
different	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EazyDraw	B-Operating_System
Retro	I-Operating_System
supports	O
the	O
import	O
of	O
the	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
drawing	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleWorks	B-Device
User	O
Group	O
continues	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
migrating	O
away	O
from	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
is	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
II	O
Computing	O
listed	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
ninth	O
on	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
non-game	O
,	O
non-educational	O
software	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
1985	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
sales	O
and	O
market-share	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTEs	B-Application
reviewer	O
in	O
December	O
1984	O
called	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
"	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
genuinely	O
user-friendly	O
,	O
and	O
well	O
documented	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
called	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
"	O
my	O
favorite	O
part	O
...	O
well	O
above	O
average	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
and	O
database	O
"	O
good	O
but	O
certainly	O
not	O
standouts	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
package	O
for	O
novice	O
and	O
casual	O
users	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Appleworks	B-Device
is	O
excellent	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
approving	O
of	O
the	O
shared	O
clipboard	O
and	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
Appleworks	B-Device
 '	O
limitations	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
limit	O
of	O
eight	O
pages	O
in	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
with	O
64K	O
RAM	O
—	O
made	O
it	O
"	O
not	O
good	O
enough	O
as	O
a	O
business	O
product	O
to	O
warrant	O
much	O
consideration	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
1989	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Though	O
not	O
a	O
speed	O
demon	O
"	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
8-bit	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
the	O
GS	O
version	O
"	O
is	O
n't	O
as	O
slow	O
as	O
many	O
had	O
feared	O
"	O
;	O
although	O
a	O
fast	O
typist	O
could	O
still	O
outrun	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
display	O
,	O
it	O
performed	O
better	O
than	O
other	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
many	O
original	O
users	O
bought	O
the	O
IIGS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
reportedly	O
35,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
weeks	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
warned	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
must	O
forget	O
virtually	O
everything	O
they	O
've	O
learned	O
...	O
What	O
a	O
pain	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
