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iWork 08 is Apple's productivity software suite featuring a word processor
(Pages), presentation tool (Keynote) and introducing an innovative new
spreadsheet application called Numbers.
Numbers 08 is a new approach to spreadsheets that allows people to organize
their information, interact with their data and calculations and make their
spreadsheets easy to understand and print. With multiple intelligent tables on a
flexible graphics canvas, users can rearrange information, resize and add
columns???all without breaking their spreadsheet. Each table is a full-blown
spreadsheet with automatic header and footer rows, easy sorting and filtering,
and automatic cell naming so creating, reading and maintaining formulas is easy.
Common functions can be dragged to any cell, and a total of 150 functions are
available spanning a wide range of calculations, including numeric, date and
time, financial and statistical. Interactive checkboxes and sliders let users
change cell values easily to explore different scenarios and see their results
instantly. Users can create stunning 2D and 3D charts that are automatically
updated as data changes, then complement them with rich graphics, photos and
text labels. Interactive printing makes it easy to fit a document on a single
page or rearrange and resize tables and objects across multiple pages.
Pages 08 now has two distinct modes: streamlined word processing that makes
it easy to create stunning documents in seconds; and flexible page layout, which
gives users complete control over the position of objects on the page. Pages
includes 140 Apple-designed templates that let users easily create letters,
reports, newsletters and brochures. A new contextual format bar gives users the
exact set of tools they need at their fingertips whether they're editing text,
creating a table or adjusting an image. Change tracking lets users collaborate
with others on a document by displaying each person's edits in different
colours, then accept or reject each proposed change.
Keynote 08, Apple's industry-leading application for creating cinema-quality
presentations, introduces new Smart Builds to make it easy for anyone to create
spectacular animations by simply dropping graphics onto a slide. More advanced
users can control every aspect of their animations with new A-to-B animations to
define movement, rotation, scaling and opacity. Keynote's new Instant Alpha
feature makes it easy to remove unwanted backgrounds from photos and graphics
without needing a graphics department. Users can record their presentations
along with a voice-over, then deliver them to audiences in person or over the
Internet via podcasting or YouTube. The new Keynote also includes a collection
of new text effects, transitions and themes.