Editing AppleWorks (section)

==Reception==
''II Computing'' listed AppleWorks ninth on the magazine's list of the top Apple II non-game, non-educational software as of late 1985, based on sales and market-share data.<ref name="ciraolo198510_11">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/II_Computing_Vol_1_No_1_Oct_Nov_85_Premiere#page/n51/mode/2up | title=Top Software / A List of Favorites | work=II Computing | date=Oct–Nov 1985 | access-date=28 January 2015 | author=Ciraolo, Michael | page=51}}</ref>

''[[Byte (magazine)|BYTE]]''{{'}}s reviewer in December 1984 called AppleWorks "easy to use, genuinely user-friendly, and well documented". She called the word processor "my favorite part ... well above average" and the spreadsheet and database "good but certainly not standouts". As a package for novice and casual users, the reviewer concluded, "Appleworks is excellent".<ref name="cmar198412">{{cite news |url= https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1984-12/1984_12_BYTE_09-13_Communications#page/n413/mode/2up |title=Appleworks: An Integrated Office Product |work=BYTE |date=December 1984 |access-date=October 23, 2013 |author=Cmar, Karen A. |pages=A18 |type=review}}</ref> ''[[InfoWorld]]'' that month disagreed, calling it "a study in limitations ... this package is not strong". While approving of the shared clipboard and user interface, the magazine stated that Appleworks' limitations—such as the limit of eight pages in the word processor with 64K RAM—made it "not good enough as a business product to warrant much consideration".<ref name="renne19841210">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 | title=AppleWorks | work=InfoWorld | date=1984-12-10 | access-date=7 February 2015 | author=Renne, Mark | pages=50–51}}</ref>

''[[Compute!]]'' in 1989 stated that "Though not a speed demon" like the original 8-bit AppleWorks, the GS version "isn't as slow as many had feared"; although a fast typist could still outrun the computer's display, it performed better than other Apple IIGS software.{{r|keizer198903}} Although many original users bought the IIGS version, with reportedly 35,000 copies sold in the first three weeks, the magazine warned that they "must forget virtually everything they've learned ... What a pain".<ref name="keizer198904">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1989-04-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_107_1989_Apr#page/n55/mode/2up | title=Apple II | work=Compute! | date=April 1989 | access-date=2 July 2014 | author=Keizer, Gregg | page=54}}</ref>