Apple Updates iWork With '06 Version
TMO at Macworld - Apple Updates iWork With '06 Version
by , 2:20 PM EST, January 10th, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO -- In addition to iLife, Apple's iWork productivity suite, which includes the presentation software Keynote and the word processing/page layout application Pages, received an '06 upgrade during CEO Steve Jobs' keynote. Both Keynote 3 and Pages 2 can take advantage of such new features as 3D charts, iPhoto-like image editing and masking tools and spreadsheet-like tables.
While not as full-featured as Microsoft Excel, the tables function enables users to add, multiple or average numbers in rows or columns and insert the results in a Keynote or Pages document. Those spreadsheets can also be turned into 3D charts with wood grain, metal or marble textures, complete with the ability to control the viewing angle.
The image editing tools include freeform shapes and curves, while iWork '06 also enables users to include comments in slides and documents without affecting their layout. Pages 2 offers mail merge with Address Book, as well as two dozen new templates and new thumbnail and search views.
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Features new to Keynote 3 include cinematic transitions, such as vertical or horizontal blinds and a revolving door, a Light Table view mode for looking at an entire presentation and reorganizing slides and flexible build animations with more control over bullet lists, tables and charts.
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iWork '06 sells for US$79 and requires a G4, G5 or Intel Core processor, 256MB RAM (512MB recommended), 32MB of Video RAM, QuickTime 7.0.3 and a DVD drive.
Observer Comments
We still need a replacement for Excel, then this would let a lot of teachers or others with basic needs (I keep grades in Excel and do simple stats) move away from Office. I have a lot of VBA I still use in Word, but it isn't as essential to my life as Excel remains.
One reason I stay with Excel is the amount of VBA code I have. I automate letters in Word that use Excel data. Still, most teachers don't need killer office apps.
Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:19 pm Subject:
The only thing I use Appleworks for is to produce my monthly invoice so that I get paid so that I can buy iWork/computer stuff/WoW time/presents for my wife and pay the mortgage etc etc etc.
So now that rudimentary column and row calculation has been built into Pages, I can cut over to that and ditch Appleworks. It's served me well enough over the last five years, but all its functionality that I need has been subsumed by other products.
As for the price, $US79 should be something like $NZ115. Instead it's $NZ139, which equates to $US96. Nevertheless I've ordered it and iLife.
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