Apple recently released updates for its suite of iWork applications, for both Mac and iOS. The company updated iWork to version 9.3 for compatibility with the iOS 1.7 updates. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote which were updated to version 1.7 added new features such as adding reflections to shapes and the ability to lock and unlock objects. Other features of Pages includes:
- Use Change Tracking to track changes to body text in a document
- Accept and reject individual changes as you review a document
- Import Pages and Microsoft Word documents with change tracking and continue to track changes to body text
- Preserve tracked changes in documents exported in Microsoft Word or Pages format
- Preserve calculations in tables when importing from and exporting to Pages for Mac
- Add reflections to shapes
- Lock and unlock objects
Apple also updated Numbers to version 1.7 to reflect some of the iOS changes on the Mac.
Numbers 1.7:
In this release Numbers for iOS is updated for improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Numbers for Mac.
- Hide and unhide rows and columns
- Import and export Numbers for Mac spreadsheets with filters, and turn filters on and off
- Preserve rich text in tables when importing and exporting
- Add reflections to shapes
- Lock and unlock objects
Keynote also received several new features, such as importing and exporting all Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote for Mac slide sizes. Other features include:
- Import and export all Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote for Mac slide sizes
- Import and export presentation themes, complete with master slides and preset styles
- Play back all Keynote action builds including Move, Rotate, Scale, and Opacity
- Add new slide transitions including Shimmer and Sparkle
- Preserve calculations in tables when importing from and exporting to Keynote for Mac
- Add reflections to shapes
- New print layouts include options to print with presenter notes, with builds, and without backgrounds
- Lock and unlock objects
The Mac version of the iWork applications can be downloaded via the Mac App Store, however, users that bought the boxed version of iWork can update via Software Update.
{Via MacRumors}
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