Editing AppleWorks (section)

{{short description|Office software suite from Apple}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox software
| name = AppleWorks
| logo = [[Image:Appleworkslogo.png|100px]]
| developer = '''Apple II'''<br>Rupert Lissner<br>'''Macintosh'''<br>[[Bob Hearn]]<br>Scott Holdaway
| screenshot = [[Image:Appleworks-6.0-wordproc-mac.png|250px]]
| caption = AppleWorks 6 for [[Mac OS X]]
| released = {{start date and age|1984}}
| ver layout = stacked
| latest release version = {{Multiple releases
  | branch1 = macOS
  | version1 = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}
  | date1 = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
  | branch2 = Windows
  | version2 = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}
  | date2 = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
}}
| latest preview version = {{Multiple releases
  | branch1 = macOS
  | version1 = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q51930650}}
  | date1 = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
  | branch2 = Windows
  | version2 = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q51930650}}
  | date2 = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
}}
| operating system = [[Classic Mac OS]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows 2000 or later]]
| platform =
| replaced_by = [[iWork]]
| genre = [[Office Suite]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203054313/http://www.apple.com/appleworks/|date=February 3, 2007|title=AppleWorks}}
}}

'''AppleWorks''' was an integrated [[office suite]] containing a [[word processor]], [[Database#Database_management_system|database]], and [[spreadsheet]]. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for [[Apple Inc.|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 [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] (1991), and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (1993) became a popular program and saw rapid development. Those applications do not share any code with the [[8-bit]] Apple II original. Apple absorbed Claris and the name ClarisWorks was changed to AppleWorks. It was bundled with all consumer-level Macintoshes sold by Apple until its discontinuation. As of 2007, AppleWorks had not been updated in several years and was unable to run on the [[Intel]] processors shipping in new Macs. On August 15, 2007, Apple announced AppleWorks had reached [[End-of-life (product)|end-of-life status]], and would no longer be sold.<ref name="discontinued">{{cite news| url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=18827 | title=Apple cans AppleWorks | first=Jonny | last=Evans | date=August 15, 2007 | access-date=August 15, 2007 | work=[[Macworld UK]]}}</ref> Apple instead promoted its recently launched [[iWork]] suite as a replacement, which contains word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications with capabilities similar to AppleWorks, but is not directly compatible with AppleWorks file formats.