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AppleWorks was an integrated office suite containing a word processor, database, and spreadsheet. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for Apple Computer, originally for the Apple II and launched in 1984. Many enhancements for AppleWorks were created, the most popular being the TimeOut series from Beagle Bros which extended the life of the Apple II version of AppleWorks. Appleworks was later reworked for the Macintosh platform.

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Software.name
AppleWorks
Software.logo
100px
Software.developer
Apple IIRupert LissnerMacintoshBob HearnScott Holdaway
Software.screenshot
250px
Software.caption
AppleWorks 6 for Mac OS X
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.operating system
Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows 2000 or later
Software.replaced_by
iWork
Software.genre
Office Suite
Software.license
Proprietary

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LOGIC Apple II AppleWorks Disk 31 - /TAWUG.31

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Official website
www.apple.com/appleworks
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inception
1984-00-00
discontinuation date
2007-08-15
publication date
1984-00-00
software version identifier
6.2.2
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11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • AppleWorks (Apple II, 1984–1991)
  • Version history
  • AppleWorks GS (Apple IIGS, 1988–1996)
  • GS version history
  • AppleWorks and ClarisWorks (Macintosh and Windows, 1991–2004)
  • Discontinuation
  • Reception
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

AppleWorks was an integrated office suite containing a word processor, database, and spreadsheet. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for Apple Computer, originally for the Apple II and launched in 1984. Many enhancements for AppleWorks were created, the most popular being the TimeOut series from Beagle Bros which extended the life of the Apple II version of AppleWorks. Appleworks was later reworked for the Macintosh platform.

AppleWorksGS was developed for the Apple IIGS using the graphical desktop interface instead of the text-based filecard interface of the Apple II. AppleWorksGS was slow and buggy; a planned version 2.0 never materialized. Beagle Bros created a BeagleWorks program that was eventually sold to the Apple subsidiary Claris. ClarisWorks for Macintosh (1991), and Windows (1993) became a popular program and saw rapid development. Those applications do not share any code with the 8-bit Apple II original.

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