iWork: Pages and Keynote
March, 01 2005 05:42 PM Filed in: Apple
If you are
Mac user you may have already heard about Apple's new
software announcements: iWork and iLife.
iWork is the new replacement for the aging Appleworks suite. It consists of Pages and an updated Keynote 2. I'll add here that I predict (and hope to see) a spreadsheet program added to this suite.
Pages is a new word processor which you can use to write letters or term papers. If you have a project that requires more advanced layout, perhaps a newsletter or brochure, Pages will help you get it done with themes and templates. Pages was created by the same folks that designed Keynote and will likely reflect it's ease of use and style. I've spent many hours using the first version of Keynote and I enjoy it greatly. If Pages is reflective of Keynote's quality I'll be a happy camper. Perhaps the best way to imagine Pages is to think of the most often used and important components of a quality word processor, then add to that mix the ability to easily format basic pages of text into incredibly stylish documents that will appear to have been designed by a team of creative professionals. I'm not kidding. Keynote is that good at making artful layout easy.
As for Keynote, it started out as an excellent program. Keynote 2 will likely bring great improvements. According to Apple Keynote 2 includes twenty themes, new cinema-quality transitions, nine animated text effects, new slide animation options, and animation controls. In terms of the presentation process Keynote 2 has second monitor preview that offers current and next slide, a timer, a clock and your notes. As with the previous version Keynote can export to Power Point, PDF, QuickTime and this time around Apple has added export to Flash.
This is a suite that has great potential for a diverse group of users. Of course students will find it useful but anyone that volunteers with a neighborhood organization will find it useful for creating newsletters and presentations. Small business owners will certainly benefit in many ways. In truth, the combination of iWork with the apps included with OS X rounds out to a very well rounded solution. Add in iLife (included with every new Mac) and it becomes clear that Apple is offering a package that goes far beyond any other. With the new Mac mini Apple cannot be beat.
Technorati Tags: Apple, OS X, iWork
iWork is the new replacement for the aging Appleworks suite. It consists of Pages and an updated Keynote 2. I'll add here that I predict (and hope to see) a spreadsheet program added to this suite.
Pages is a new word processor which you can use to write letters or term papers. If you have a project that requires more advanced layout, perhaps a newsletter or brochure, Pages will help you get it done with themes and templates. Pages was created by the same folks that designed Keynote and will likely reflect it's ease of use and style. I've spent many hours using the first version of Keynote and I enjoy it greatly. If Pages is reflective of Keynote's quality I'll be a happy camper. Perhaps the best way to imagine Pages is to think of the most often used and important components of a quality word processor, then add to that mix the ability to easily format basic pages of text into incredibly stylish documents that will appear to have been designed by a team of creative professionals. I'm not kidding. Keynote is that good at making artful layout easy.
As for Keynote, it started out as an excellent program. Keynote 2 will likely bring great improvements. According to Apple Keynote 2 includes twenty themes, new cinema-quality transitions, nine animated text effects, new slide animation options, and animation controls. In terms of the presentation process Keynote 2 has second monitor preview that offers current and next slide, a timer, a clock and your notes. As with the previous version Keynote can export to Power Point, PDF, QuickTime and this time around Apple has added export to Flash.
This is a suite that has great potential for a diverse group of users. Of course students will find it useful but anyone that volunteers with a neighborhood organization will find it useful for creating newsletters and presentations. Small business owners will certainly benefit in many ways. In truth, the combination of iWork with the apps included with OS X rounds out to a very well rounded solution. Add in iLife (included with every new Mac) and it becomes clear that Apple is offering a package that goes far beyond any other. With the new Mac mini Apple cannot be beat.
Technorati Tags: Apple, OS X, iWork
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