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iWork 05 iWork '05 was launched in January 11, 2005 and features a new version of Keynote (Keynote 2), and the first release of Pages (Pages 1.0). iWork 06 In January 2006, Apple introduced iWork '06 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, which features new versions of Pages (Pages 2) and Keynote (Keynote 3). New features common to both programs include 3D charts, tables with formula support, reviewer comments, and shaped image masking. The addition of tables with formula support may have been added to quiet rumors of an Apple spreadsheet application. Since iWork's focus is on presentation, Apple incorporated a way to put most common spreadsheet features into a table while providing only limited additional functionality. Contents iWork is comprised of two applications: Pages and Keynote. Pages Pages is a word processing application with an emphasis on presentation. It is useful for many projects beyond that of the standard word-processing application. Pages comes loaded with a set of Apple-designed templates for presentations including: Pages, in addition to Keynote (its iWork counterpart), is closely integrated with the iLife suite. It includes a media browser for inserting pictures, music, and video from iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie. Pages allows the user to save or export in formats including: Keynote Keynote is a slideshow application with an emphasis on presentation. It is similar in many ways to Microsoft's Powerpoint, but contains several features native to the iWork suite. Keynote makes use of iLife integration by including a media browser for inserting pictures, music, and video from iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie. Keynote also features the ability to include animation in slideshow presentations. Keynote is quite versatile in its ability to recognize and save to many formats, including: Criticism iWork has been criticized due to the lack of a spreadsheet or database program as well as a project management program. The lack of the spreadsheet application could be considered intentional—in iWork '06, both Keynote 3 and Pages 2 allow one to create tables with automatically updating fields, thus reducing the necessity to have a distinct application devoted entirely to the spreadsheet capability. However, interchange with other programs would be difficult. Perhaps due to huge demand, Apple may add a spreadsheet program called Charts or Numbers to iWork '07. *. iWork has also been criticized due to lack of support of the OpenDocument format. *. Another common criticism is the slow response speed when typing in Pages and the difficulty in adjusting font size, face, color, etc. See also | ||||||||||
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