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iWork '09 is a significant upgrade to its productivity software suite featuring new versions of Pages and Keynote word processing and presentation applications, and introducing a new spreadsheet application called "Numbers." Numbers introduces the concept of intelligent tables on a flexible canvas, a new approach that makes it easy to organize information, create calculations, analyze results and make spreadsheets look as great as they work. Pages '08 now features distinct modes for streamlined word processing and flexible page layout, a new contextual format bar and change tracking,
What's New
Version 9.1:
This update adds support for Mac OS X Lion and takes advantage of the following features:
- Full Screen
- Resume
- Auto Save
- Versions
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.
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| Downloads:40,877 |
| Version Downloads:5,931 |
| Type:Business : Applications |
| License:Updater |
| Date:20 Jul 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $79.99 |
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iWork '09 is a significant upgrade to its productivity software suite featuring new versions of Pages and Keynote word processing and presentation applications, and introducing a new spreadsheet application called "Numbers." Numbers introduces the concept of intelligent tables on a flexible canvas, a new approach that makes it easy to organize information, create calculations, analyze results and make spreadsheets look as great as they work. Pages '08 now features distinct modes for streamlined word processing and flexible page layout, a new contextual format bar and change tracking, and Keynote '08 now includes text effects, transitions and themes that help users easily compose spectacular presentations, and Smart Builds with easy-to-set-up A-to-B animations that make impressive animations easy for anyone to create.
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Hafdis reviewed on 30 Sep 2011
Keynote rocks, but unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with the rest of the world. Apple talks a lot about Open Source but let's face it their track record sucks.
Dialen reviewed on 30 Aug 2011
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Surfspirit reviewed on 04 Jun 2011
I just WISH it would have more export and import protocols support, an equation editor and 3d scientific charts!
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D9 reviewed on 06 Jan 2011
Just expect to have a minor learning curve to understand how it works if you're used to Microsoft Office.
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Is iWorks about jump-starting the market; or creating really great apps? Nobody does it better than Apple, when they put their minds (and resources) to it!
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Utrunn reviewed on 18 Apr 2010
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Glenn Verhalle reviewed on 12 Mar 2010
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Based on size, iWork's applications are considerable bigger than their Microsoft counterparts, without offering as many features.
Other than Keynote, I can't really work with iWork unless I'm doing very basic stuff.
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My motto is 'less is more' and IMHO Apple is very successful at that both in software and user interfaces. A lot of people don't get it... Eg some say: my Windows Mobile/Android phone can do this and that and that is nog possible on an iPhone, so the iPhone is crap... I do agree that some features are still missing but for me the whole experience counts. My previous phone allowed me to text via BluePhoneElite from my Mac, which was very handy, I still miss that on my iPhone but like I said the whole experience is so satisfying that I would never go back to that old phone! The same can be said for Pages/Word for me
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I think it would be hard for Microsoft to remove features or create a "light" version of Excel or Word. As some people say, users are often only familiar with 10% or 20% of the features available, but they're not necessarily using the same features. It would be impossible to decide what features to remove :-)
Each time I give Pages a try I end up doing the work in Word. The same applies to Numbers and Excel. I agree with the steep learning curve, but that's what I like about Word and Excel, plus there are many great online resources that are free.
Once I spend the time to learn how to do something, I can -for example- automate a lot of my repetitive work and save time and effort in the long run. I remember helping out the Director of Organizational Development at a non-profit organization years ago. I did spend a long time working on a document, but in the end I told her "you just open the file and click on this button." The amount of work I did helped save her time and effort. I'm always open to alternative programs, but so far I keep coming back to Office. Keynote has been the exception. I love it. And I did not like that Microsoft removed VBA, but it's supposed to be integrated again in a future version.
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Thatstheway reviewed on 09 Nov 2009
Yes, Keynote does have some really great features and impressive effects. Name another application that has the wonderful new transitions introduced in iWork 09. The application is also fairly easy to use. Having said that, the program doesn't have an ounce of stability.
I've been using Keynote to produce presentations for my employer since iWork 08. There were quite a few bugs in '08 that have yet to be addressed in '09. For a while, I was working on one of the older white MacBooks (2,1). Upon pressing the 'Play' button to view my project, my computer would often restart. This would cause me to lose any unsaved changes, and quite frankly, that is just a huge pain to deal with. Luckily, I'm not on a powerful, new MacBook Pro and don't have that problem anymore, as that bug is only MacBook specific.
The other problem with the program is the timing. With Keynote, ten seconds is not ten seconds. But that is fairly easy to get around with a little trial and error. I can deal with that, right?
What I cannot deal with is the fact that the same project played several times produces results of different links. As an experiment, I recently took one project and played it three times. I captured each one with ScreenFlow to compare. The project was three minutes long. Up to the 30-second mark, everything was in-sync. From there it was just downhill, as nothing lined up. One ended at 2:57, another at 2:58, and the last at a whopping 3:00. This can create real problems if you creating your soundtrack after gathering the project, as nothing lines up. Using a weak computer could explain this, but Apple, I'm using one of your new MacBook Pros.
Ok, so maybe that isn't so bad, right? I mean, a few seconds can be made up for with some third-party editing tools. But what about when your project is in the final stages and you realize that you need to change the timing of the transition between slides one and two? Well, changing the transition time between one and two may make slide six stay onscreen for more of less time. I've often changed the timing of a transition only to find that another slide stays onscreen for up to ten seconds less! And then, when you fix the timing on slide six, you have to fix the timing between slides two and three again.
Sorry, Apple, but you guys are losing my trust. I can't believe you released a new version of this buggy program without fixing these major bugs. We understand that you have a lot on your hands, but don't forget that for many of your users, iWork is a part of their work. And believe me, we also have a lot on our hands.
Keynote just does not cut it.
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Fabio Milocco rated on 11 Nov 2011
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