What's new in Apple iWork '09
Jan 7, 2009
- iWork ’09 includes Keynote ’09, Pages ’09, and Numbers ’09.
- Keynote ’09 - Stunning presentations in minutes:
- More than 40 Apple–designed themes with coordinated text, tables, and charts (8 New)
- Slide navigator
- Reviewer comments
- Format bar for text, tables, graphics, and charts
- 2D and 3D charts with amazing textures and animations
- Keynote ’09 - Easy–to–use graphics tools:
- Alignment and spacing guides and rulers
- Instant Alpha for image background removal
- Shapes and freeform Bézier curves
- Image masks with basic and custom shapes
- iLife Media Browser
- Keynote ’09 - Amazing animations:
- Magic Move for one–click animations (New)
- Text and object driven transitions (New)
- Text and object build animations
- Move, rotate, scale, and opacity builds
- Smart Builds with drop zones for images
- Keynote ’09 - Flexible ways to deliver presentations:
- Presenter view with notes, timer, ready to advance, and next screen displays
- Control your presentation with iPhone/iPod touch using Keynote Remote (sold separately through the App Store)
- Interactive slideshows for kiosks
- Record narration and timing
- Send to iWeb, GarageBand, and iTunes
- File size optimization (New)
- Keynote ’09 - Compatibility:
- Import and export Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
- Import AppleWorks presentation documents
- Import and export other common formats
- Send presentations via Mail (New)
- Send presentations to iWeb
- Pages ’09 - Streamlined word processing:
- Format bar for text, tables, graphics, and charts
- Customizable paragraph, character, and list styles
- Section, layout, and page breaks
- Pages ’09 - Advanced writing tools:
- Full screen view (New)
- Outline Mode (New)
- Integration with MathType 6 and EndNote X2 (sold separately)
- Change tracking and reviewer comments
- Mail merge with Address Book and Numbers tables
- Automatic table of contents
- Spellchecker and proofreader
- Page navigator and search view
- Pages ’09 - Great–looking documents in minutes:
- More than 180 templates from letters to newsletters (40 New)
- iLife Media Browser
- 3D charts with realistic textures
- Powerful tables
- Pages ’09 - Powerful page layout mode:
- Freeform graphics canvas
- Link text across multiple text boxes
- Text wraps around graphics
- Pages ’09 - Compatibility:
- Import and export Microsoft Word documents
- Import AppleWorks word processing documents
- Send documents via Mail (New)
- Send documents to iWeb
- Numbers ’09 - Powerful and familiar spreadsheets:
- Easy formula writing
- More than 250 functions (100 New)
- 2D and 3D charts
- Linked charts (New)
- Format bar for text, tables, graphics, and charts
- Numbers ’09 - Innovative, intelligent tables:
- Multiple, resizable tables on a canvas
- Readable cell names in formulas
- Table categories (New)
- Footer rows for summary calculations
- Tools for sorting and filtering tables
- Checkboxes and sliders in cells
- Numbers ’09 - Impressive results in minutes:
- Freeform canvas to arrange tables, graphics, and charts
- iLife Media Browser
- Interactive print view
- Customizable tables styles
- 30 templates for home, work and school use (12 New)
- Numbers ’09 - Compatibility:
- Import and export Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
- Import AppleWorks spreadsheets
- Import and export other common formats
- Drag and drop Address Book contacts
- Send spreadsheets via Mail (New)
- Send spreadsheets to iWeb